Question

Mrs gerry used the following square to teach her class about quarters. the squares is divided into four equal parts.the class disagreed with their teacher that each part represents a quarters.name the misconception of the class and correct the misconception

Answer 1

Consider a square and divide it into four equal parts. Each part of the square is called as a quarter.

A quarter of a square is one out of four of its equal parts . In a square there are four quarters or four fourths in a whole.

From the figure, the shaded portion represents one quarter of the square i.e.,
`(1)/(4) th` of a square.