Question

What fraction of the figure is shaded yellow?

Answer 1

Here, we see that the figure is divided into 2 equal portions and the first portion is divided into 4 equal parts.
So, we can also divide the second portion into 4 equal parts, and our figure will look as shown.

The number of shaded blocks = 1
Total number of blocks = 8
Fraction of the figure, which is shaded yellow = $\frac{1}{8}$