Question

How many small squares should we shade in the given figure, so that the shaded portion represents $\frac{1}{4}$ of the square?

• A. 1
• B. 4
• C. 8
• D. 16

Answer 1

The correct option is B 4

We need to shade $\frac{1}{4}$ of the figure.
It means we should divide the figure into 4 equal parts and shade one of them.
The shaded figure will look as shown.
Total number of small squares shaded = 4.
So, we need to shade 4 squares to make the figure $\frac{1}{4}$ shaded.