Fraction Vocabulary

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A visual representation, usually in the form of a rectangle, used to solve multiplication problems by breaking down numbers into their place values and representing the product as the area of the rectangle.

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Area model

Front

counting positive numbers that start from 0 and go on till infinity

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Whole number

Front

Fractions that share the same denominator.

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Like units

Front

A fraction with a numerator of 1.

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Unit fraction

Front

When two or more fractions have different denominators.

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Unlike denominator

Front

Reducing the fraction to its simplest form.

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Simplify

Front

A shared multiple of the denominators of several fractions.

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Common denominator

Front

The result of adding two or more addends.

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Sum

Front

The result of subtracting one number from another.

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Difference

Front

Fractions that name the same part of a whole region, length, or set.

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Equivalent fraction