Answer to Question #206097 in Algebra for Nonkululeko

Question

A. Define a fraction in your own words.

B. Draw four different diagrams, which can be used to show whole that are divided into three parts, but which do not all represent thirds

Answer 1

A)

Fraction represents a part of a whole or any number of equal parts and describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one quarters, one eighth, one third, one sixth.

B)

If we divided a circle into three parts, it doesn't mean that all parts represent third.

Only blue diagram is divided into same parts which are equivalent for each other.