Fraction of a Group

Free interactive math game: Fraction of a Group — What fraction is circled?. Part of the Fractions category on MathKite.

Example problems

Taken from the generator that powers this exercise. A fresh set appears every time the page is opened, and the printable worksheet holds ten of them.

  1. What fraction of the dots are circled?
  2. What fraction of the dots are circled? — 1/2, 2/3, 2/2, 1/3
  3. What fraction of the dots are circled? — 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 1/6
  4. What fraction of the dots are circled? — 2/3, 1/3, 3/3, 2/4

About this exercise

A fraction applied to a group of objects.

How to solve it

Split the group into as many equal piles as the denominator says, then take as many piles as the numerator.

Worked example

Two fifths of 15 apples is 15 : 5 = 3 per pile, so 3 x 2 = 6 apples.

Common mistake

Dividing by the numerator. The denominator sets how many piles there are.