Basic Fractions – Two Thirds Fraction

    

Basic Fractions Understanding – Two Thirds Fraction    

Fraction

A Fraction represents a part of a whole.

Two thirds fraction is represented as follows.

Two thirds refers to 2 of 3 equal parts of the whole.

The number on the top is called a numerator and represents the part out of the whole and the number at the bottom represents the whole. 

1. Image given below shows a shape made up of three equal size hexagons. Part of the shape area is shaded. Does the shape shown in the image below has two thirds of its area shaded?

Yes, the shape shown here is made up of three equal sized hexagons and two of these are shaded, so two thirds of its area is shaded.

2. The image given below shows two rectangular shapes. Both the rectangular shapes have a part of there area shaded. Which one of the two shapes shown below has two thirds of its area shaded?

The rectangle shown on the right side is divided into 3 parts but the 3 parts shown are not equal parts. 

It is not clear what fraction of area is shaded for the rectangle shown on the right side. However, since the 2 shaded parts are bigger in size than the third part that does imply that more than two thirds of the area is shaded.

The rectangle shown on the left side is divided into three equal parts and 2 of the 3 parts are shaded. 

So two thirds of the area of the rectangle shown on the left side is shaded.

3. What is two thirds of 12?

1/3 of 12 equals 4.

Two thirds of 12 is 8.

4. What is two thirds of 15?

1/3 of 15 equals 5.

Two thirds of 15 is 10.

5. What is two thirds of 90?

Two thirds of 90 is 60.