8.06 Area models 1
Lesson
Are you ready?
You may have already looked at representing fractions as fractions bars or points on the number line.
Can you answer this question?
Here is a fraction bar.
This fraction bar has $\editable{}$ equal parts.
Each part is $\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$ of the whole.
Learn
With any model of a fraction, we use:
- the denominator (the bottom number of the fraction) to decide how many pieces to divide it into, and
- the numerator (the top number of the fraction) to shade the number of pieces.
Let's learn about fractions as areas of shapes.
Apply
Which of the following shows $\frac{2}{6}$26 of the area shaded?
A
B
Remember!
- The numerator (top number) is the number of parts shaded to represent the fraction.
- The denominator (bottom number) is the number of equal parts the shape is divided into.