Question

1/3 -shade the hexagon to show the fraction. The confusion is now to shade when the denominator isn’t 6...

What should be shaded for 1/3.

Answer 1

Explanation:

Let's understand this problem with an example.

`(1)/(3)` fraction of a cake defines one part taken out of total 3 parts of the cake.

If this cake is divided in 6 parts,
`(1)/(3)` of the cake will be defined by the two parts parts chosen out of 6 parts of the cake.

Algebraically we represent this phenomenon with,

`(1)/(3)=(1* 2)/(3* 2)=(2)/(6)`

Therefore, color two parts out of 6 to represent
`(1)/(3)`