Fraction Vocabulary

When the numerator is larger than the denominator we call this a

• Mixed number

• Proper fraction

• Improper fraction

• Equivalent fraction

When you have a whole number and a fraction, it is called

• Mixed number

• Proper fraction

• Improper fraction

• Equivalent fraction

When you have two fractions that are equal they are called

• Mixed numbers

• improper fractions

• proper fractions

• Equivalent fractions

This part of a fraction that tells the number of equal parts.

• Mixed Number

• Denominator

• Numerator

This part of the fraction that tells how many parts are being USED.

• Mixed

  Number

• Denominator

• Numerator

The number above the bar in a fraction that tells how many parts of the whole or group are being considered.

• numerator

• denominator

• unit fraction

• simplest form

The number below the bar in a fraction that tells how many equal parts are in the whole or group.

• numerator

• denominator

• unit fraction

• simplest form

A number that names a part of a whole or part of a group.

• numerator

• denominator

• fraction

• simplest form

A fraction that has a numerator of one.

Example: 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ...

• Associative Property of Addition

• Commutative Property of Addition

• unit fraction

• mixed number

An amount given as a whole number and a fraction.

• Associative Property of Addition

• Commutative Property of Addition

• unit fraction

• mixed number