Fraction Bar — 2/4 (two quarters) — free printable diagram

What is 2/4?

2/4 is two quarters — a bar split into 4 equal parts with 2 of them shaded. As a decimal 2/4 is 0.5, and as a percentage it is 50%.

Fraction

2/4

In words

two quarters

Simplest form

1/2

As a decimal

0.5

As a percentage

50%

Shaded parts

2 of 4

Unshaded

2/4

• 2/4 means the bar is divided into 4 equal parts and two of them are shaded.
• 2 and 4 both divide by 2, so 2/4 simplifies to 1/2 — 2 ÷ 2 = 1 and 4 ÷ 2 = 2.
• To turn 2/4 into a decimal, divide the top by the bottom: 2 ÷ 4 = 0.5. Multiply that by 100 for the percentage, 50%.
• The unshaded part is 2/4, because 2/4 and 2/4 add up to one whole.