Math Vocabulary and Fractions

What is a fraction?

• A number that represents equal parts to a whole and has a numerator and denominator.

• The part above the line, which tells how many parts are being counted.

• The part below the line, which tells how many equal parts there are in the whole or in the group.

• A group of things

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What shows the Denominator?

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What shows the Numerator?

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What does the Denominator mean?

• The part of a fraction above the line, which tells how many parts are being counted.

• A fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator

• The part of a fraction below the line, which tells how many equal parts there are in the whole or in the group.

• A whole number and a fraction

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What doe Numerator mean?

• The part of a fraction below the line, which tells how many equal parts there are in the whole or in the group.

• The part of a fraction above the line, which tells how many parts are being counted.

• A fraction is in simplest form when the numerator and the denominator have no common factor other than 1. The fraction is either a proper fraction or mixed number.

• A whole number and a fraction

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What is a unit fraction?

• A fraction that has 2 as its numerator.

• A fraction that has 4 as its numerator.

• A fraction that has 6 as its numerator.

• A fraction that has 1 as its numerator.

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Identify the unit fraction.

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Define mixed numbers.

• A whole number and a fraction

• A whole number

• Fractions that show different numbers with the same value. ex : 3/4=6/8

• The answer to a division problem

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Identify the mixed number.

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Identify the improper fraction.

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