Fraction Bar — 1/4 (one quarter) — free printable diagram

What is 1/4?

1/4 is one quarter — a bar split into 4 equal parts with 1 of them shaded. As a decimal 1/4 is 0.25, and as a percentage it is 25%.

Fraction

1/4

In words

one quarter

Simplest form

1/4 (already simplest)

As a decimal

0.25

As a percentage

25%

Shaded parts

1 of 4

Unshaded

3/4

• 1/4 means the bar is divided into 4 equal parts and one of them is shaded.
• 1 and 4 share no common factor bigger than 1, so 1/4 is already in its simplest form.
• To turn 1/4 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 1 ÷ 4 = 0.25. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, 25%.
• The unshaded part is 3/4, because 1/4 and 3/4 add up to one whole.