Convert Visual Circle Fraction: Interpreting Shaded Sectors to Numbers

Question

Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Convert from sketch to simple fraction
00:03 To convert to a fraction, what's red will be in the numerator and black in the denominator
00:08 It appears the whole is divided into 3 parts
00:12 Therefore in the denominator we'll put 3
00:17 Out of all parts, 3 are colored
00:20 Therefore we'll put 3 in the numerator
00:23 Actually the whole thing is colored, so we'll get 1
00:26 And this is the solution to the question

Step-by-Step Solution

The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, and the number of colored parts represents the numerator.

The circle is divided into 3 parts, 3 parts are colored.

Hence:

33=1 \frac{3}{3}=1

Answer

33=1 \frac{3}{3}=1