How it works
Equal parts only. The bottom number counts them all.
One part is one over that number: one third is 1/3.
Shade one part of the equal parts.
Worked examples
One third
- Cut a circle into 3 equal parts.
- Shade one part.
- That is 1/3.
One eighth
- Cut a bar into 8 equal parts.
- Shade one part.
- That is 1/8.