Question

amount as a single fraction and as a mixed number. One Fraction: Mixed Number:

Answer 1

You take each circle as a unit and each part in the circle as 1/12:

One fraction: The shaded area is 20/12 (you can simplify the fraction):

$\frac{20}{12}=\frac{10}{6}=\frac{5}{3}$

Mixed number: The shaded are is 1 unit and 8/12 (you can simplify the fraction):

$1\frac{8}{12}=1\frac{4}{6}=1\frac{2}{3}$