Fractions and Mixed Numbers with Like Denominators

the fractions 1/6 and 5/6

• improper fractions

• equivalent fractions

• like fractions

• mixed numbers

You simplify fractions by

• multiplying the numerator and denominator by 1

• dividing by the numerator and denominator by 1

• multiplying the numerator and denominator by the GCF

• dividing the numerator and denominator by the GCF

Fractions with the same denominators.

• improper fractions

• proper fractions

• dissimilar/ unlike fractions

• similar/ like fractions

What is a fraction?

• A part of a whole with a numerator and a denominator

• The numbers to be multiplied

• The lowest term

• The simplest form of a number

Answer explanation

Fraction is from an Old French from ecclesiastical Latin fractio(n-) which means ‘breaking (bread)’, from Latin frangere ‘to break’.

What is the bottom number of a fraction called?

• numerator

• factor

• denominator

• sum

When adding and subtracting fractions, what needs to be the same?

• the numerator

• the denominator

• nothing

• everything

When adding fractions with like denominators, the denominators....

• stay the same

• are added together

After changing the denominator, what do you need to do to the numerator?

• Nothing

• Multiply the numerator by the same number as the denominator

• Double it

What is the top number of a fraction called?

• numerator

• factor

• denominator

• sum