Question

Amount as a single fraction and as a mixed number. One Fraction: Mixed Number:

Answer 1

You take each circle as a unit and each part in the circle as 1/12:

One fraction: The shaded area is 20/12 (you can simplify the fraction):

`(20)/(12)=(10)/(6)=(5)/(3)`

Mixed number: The shaded are is 1 unit and 8/12 (you can simplify the fraction):

`1(8)/(12)=1(4)/(6)=1(2)/(3)`