IWCF UK Branch Distance Learning Programme DRILLING CALCULATIONS

Of interest;
Lots of different systems of counting have been used at other times and in other
parts of the world. How many of the following systems shown below can you
explain and understand?

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4.1 Fractions
Fractions are a way of expressing a part of a whole or in other words, fractions are parts of
something.

Meaning of a fraction
Example
1.

Shown are a group of shapes

What fraction are triangles?
What fraction are circles?
What fraction are squares?

First of all, count the total number of shapes;

Total number =
6
Then count the number of each shape;
Triangles = 1
So there is one triangle out of six shapes or the fraction is 1 out of 6.
1
As a fraction this is written as
6
Circles = 2
So the fraction of the shapes which are circles is

2
6

Squares = 3
So the fraction of the shapes which are squares is

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