Basic Fractions Worksheets

1) Shade the shapes to show one-half.

2) Shade the shape to show one-third.

3) Shade the shapes based on the fractions shown next to

them.

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4) Find the numerator and denominator of the fraction from
the pictures shown below.

a) Numerator = ____ b) Numerator = ____

Denominator = _____ Denominator = _____

5) Looking at the shaded portion and write the fraction in

words.

6) Complete the statement by looking at the fraction

represented by the shaded portion.

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 ____ is the numerator and ____ is the denominator.
Therefore, the fraction is ____.

7) Ellen painted a wall. The shaded portion represents the

portion painted by Ellen. What fraction of Ellen’s wall
remains to be painted?

8) Shade 4 parts blue and 2 parts yellow and 2 more parts

green in the circle shown below.

a) What portion was coloured blue?

b) What portion was coloured yellow?
c) What portion was coloured green?

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9) Write the fraction of the figures shown below.

10) What fraction of the first strip is the second strip?

a) 1/2 b) 1/3 c) 1/4 d) 1/5

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1)

2)

3)

4) a) 1/3
b) 1/4

5) a) Three-fifths
b) Two-thirds

6) 4 is the numerator and 7 is the

denominator. Fraction is 4/7

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7) 1/4

8)

a) Fraction of the circle that is shaded

blue = 4/8
b) Fraction of the circle that is shaded
yellow = 2/8
c) Fraction of the circle that is shaded
green = 2/8

9) a) 4/8
b) 2/3

10) 1/3

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1. The word ‘Fraction’ is derived from the
Latin word ‘Fractus’, which means ‘to
break’.

2. Fractions can be positive or negative.

3. Fractions are used to represent equal

parts of a whole.

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