Identifying Fractions from Diagrams

Name: _______________________________
Date: _______________________________

Instructions: Look at each diagram carefully. Write the fraction that represents the shaded part.

Part A: Shapes

1. What fraction is shaded?

Fraction: __________

2. What fraction is shaded?

Fraction: __________

3. What fraction is shaded?

Fraction: __________

4. What fraction is shaded?

Fraction: __________

Part B: Number Lines

5. What fraction is marked by the arrow?

0 1

Fraction: __________

6. What fraction is marked by the arrow?

0 1

Fraction: __________

Part C: Challenge

7. A rectangle is divided into 10 equal parts. 6 parts are shaded. Write this as a fraction, then simplify it.

Fraction: __________ Simplified: __________

8. Draw and shade a diagram to represent the fraction 23