Shade the Grid

Worksheet Description

The worksheet is a multifaceted educational tool designed to help students visually and numerically understand the relationship between fractions, decimals, and percentages. Students are given fractions and asked to shade the corresponding area on a 10×10 grid, which aids in visualizing the fraction’s size. Below each grid, there are spaces provided for students to write the equivalent decimal and percentage of the shaded area. This exercise includes several examples to work through, each with different fractions.

The worksheet is intended to teach students how to convert fractions with denominators of 100 into their decimal and percentage equivalents, leveraging the visual aid of the grid to enhance comprehension. By shading the grids, students can see that each square represents 1% of the total area, making the conversion to percentages intuitive. This visual representation also helps in understanding the decimal system, as it is based on powers of ten. The task of converting and writing down the equivalent values consolidates students’ knowledge and skills across these interconnected mathematical concepts, vital for their academic progression in math.