Question

A school in Delhi has its own flag, which is rectangular and divided into 4 rows and 6 columns. The word ‘SCHOOL' is inscribed in the first row, ‘FLAG' in the fourth row, and a purple coloured rhombus is in the middle

Answer 1

The question is incomplete. The complete question is :

A school in Delhi has its own flag, which is rectangular and divided into 4 rows and 6 columns. The word ‘SCHOOL’ is inscribed in the first row, ‘FLAG’ in the fourth row, and a purple colored rhombus is in the middle, as shown in the given figure.

Based on this picture of the school flag, answer the following questions:

(a) What fraction of the flag has the purple rhombus?

Solution :

From the figure, the total number of squares in the flag of 4 rows and 6 columns are : 4 x 6 = 24 blocks

The purple colored rhombus is made on the half of the 4 blocks.

i.e.
`$(1)/(2) * 4 = 2\ \text{blocks}$`

Therefore, the fraction of the flag that has the purple rhombus is :

`$=(2)/(24)$`

`$=(1)/(12)$`