Question

Identify the shaded parts in the below strips and arrange them in ascending order.

• A. 1, 3, 4, 2
• B. 4, 2, 3, 1
• C. 4, 2, 1, 3
• D. 1, 2, 3, 4

Answer 1

The correct option is C

4, 2, 1, 3

$=\frac{1}{3}$

$=\frac{2}{7}$

$=\frac{1}{2}$

$=\frac{1}{7}$

Observing the shaded parts, we can see that Option $4\left(\frac{1}{7}\right)$ has the least part shaded, followed by option $2,\frac{2}{7}$, which is followed by option $A\left(\frac{1}{3}\right)$, and option $C\left(\frac{1}{2}\right)$ has the largest fraction shaded.

Hence, these fractions can be arranged in ascending order as,

$\frac{1}{7},\frac{2}{7},\frac{1}{3},\frac{1}{2}$