How do you write the number of shaded parts and the fraction of the whole that is shaded?
To write the number of shaded parts, you count the total number of shaded parts in the figure. To express the fraction of the whole that is shaded, you write the number of shaded parts over the total number of equal parts that make up the whole figure. For example, if there are 3 shaded parts out of a total of 8 equal parts, you would write this as "3/8."