Question

Write the fraction representing the shaded portion in each of the given figures. Are all these fractions equivalent?

Answer 1

In the first figure,
The fraction of shaded portion $=\frac{1}{2}$
In the second figure,
The fraction of shaded portion $=\frac{2}{4}=\frac{1}{2}$
In the third figure,
The fraction of shaded portion $=\frac{3}{6}=\frac{1}{2}$
In the fourth figure,
The fraction of shaded portion $=\frac{4}{8}=\frac{1}{2}$
Since all the fractions in their simplest form are equal, so they are equivalent.
Hence, all the fractions are equivalent.