How it works
The bottom number counts the equal parts. The top number counts the parts you take.
3/8 means 3 of 8 equal parts.
Equal parts are the same size.
Worked examples
Shade a fourth
- A bar has 4 equal parts. Shade one fourth.
- Shade one part from the left.
- 1 of 4 parts is 1/4.
Read a bar
- A bar has 8 equal parts and 3 are shaded.
- The bottom is 8 and the top is 3.
- The fraction is 3/8.
One sixth
- A bar has 6 equal parts and 1 is shaded.
- The bottom is 6 and the top is 1.
- The fraction is 1/6.
A taste of the worksheet
These are the first problems of set A. The printable sheet has many more, with an answer key.
- What fraction of the bar is shaded? ___
- Zoe colors part of a strip. What fraction is colored? ___
- How much of the bar is shaded? Write a fraction. ___
- Write the fraction of the bar that is shaded. ___
- What fraction of the strip is colored? ___
Words to know
- numerator
- The top number.