Mathematics
Grade6
Easy

Question

Write the percent for shaded portion

  1. 10%
  2. 20%
  3. 30%
  4. 40%

hintHint:

 Fractions are represented as a numerical value, which defines a part of a whole. A fraction can be a portion or section of any quantity out of a whole, where the whole can be any number, a specific value, or a thing. Let us understand this concept using an example. The following figure shows a pizza that is divided into 8 equal parts. Now, if we want to express one selected part of the pizza, we can express it as 1/8 which shows that out of 8 equal parts, we are referring to 1 part.

The correct answer is: 20%


    Here, Shaded portion = 1 fifth, that means 1 out of 5 parts is shaded.
    Now to convert the fraction into decimal multiply by 100 and add the symbol %.
    1 fifth cross times 100 space equals 20 straight percent sign
Thus comma space the space shaded space portion space is space 20 percent sign space of space whole.

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