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Fraction of a Collection

Look at the flowers given alongside. There are Remember

3 flowers out of which one is red and 2 are Fraction of a collection
yellow. So, we can say that one-third of the means a part of the whole
group.
flowers are red and two-thirds of the flowers
are yellow.
1 2
We can write it as: red flowers = and yellow flowers =
3 3
In the picture given alongside, we can see 4 birds si ng
on the branch of a tree. Three birds are green and one
is blue. So, we can say that three-fourths of the birds
are green and one-fourth are blue.
3 1
We can write it as: green birds = and blue birds = .
4 4

Exercise 8.3

1. Write the frac on represented by the coloured fi gures in the given collec ons.

(a) (b)

(c) (d)

(e) (f)

2. Draw and colour pictures of your choice to represent the given frac ons in a
collec on.
3 1 1 1
(a) (b) (c) (d)
4 4 2 3
Types of Fractions

There are various types of frac ons. Let’s learn about them.

Like frac ons: Frac ons that have the same denominator are called like frac ons.
1 2 5 7
For example, , , and are like frac ons.
8 8 8 8
Unlike frac ons: Frac ons which do not have the same denominator are called unlike
frac ons.
2 3 5 8
For example, , , and are unlike frac ons.
5 6 9 15

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