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(c) dark light
(d) dark light
(e) dark light
Fraction of a Collection
Look at the flowers given alongside. There Remember
are 3 flowers out of which one is red and
2 are yellow. So, we say that one-third of Fraction of a collection
the flowers are red and two-thirds of the means a part of the
flowers are yellow. whole group.
In the picture given alongside, we can see 4 birds
sitting on 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 is blue.
EXERCISE 7.3
1. Write the fraction represented by the following coloured figures.
(a) (b)
(c) (d)
(e) (f)
2. Draw and colour pictures of your choice to represent the given fractions.
(a) 2 (b) 1 (c) 1
3 4 9
(d) 4 (e) 3 (f) 2
7 8 6
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