Converting Circle Sectors to Fractions: Visual to Numerical Representation

Question

Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:

Video Solution

Solution Steps

00:00 Convert sketch to simple fraction
00:03 To convert to a fraction, what's red will be in the numerator and black in the denominator
00:07 We can see that the whole is divided into 4 parts
00:12 Therefore in the denominator we'll put 4
00:16 Out of all parts, only 2 are colored
00:19 Therefore we'll put 2 in the numerator
00:23 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 4 parts, 2 parts are colored.

Hence:

24 \frac{2}{4}

Answer

24 \frac{2}{4}