Topic 11 Key Terms- Add/ Subtract Fractions

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What do you call the number above the line in a fraction?

• Denominator

• Numerator

• Product

• Quotient

Which term describes fractions that have the same denominator?

• Unlike fractions

• Mixed numbers

• Like fractions

• Improper fractions

What is the term for a fraction whose numerator is greater than its denominator?

• Proper fraction

• Mixed number

• Improper fraction

• Unit fraction

What is the process called when you rewrite a fraction so that the numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1?

• Multiplying

• Simplifying

• Adding

• Subtracting

What is the least common denominator (LCD)?

• The smallest number that is a denominator in a set of fractions

• The largest numerator in a set of fractions

• The smallest number that is a multiple of all denominators in a set of fractions

• The sum of all denominators

• Add the numerators

• Find a common denominator

• Subtract the denominators

• Multiply the fractions

Which of the following is a mixed number?

What does it mean to "regroup" when subtracting fractions with unlike denominators?

• Change the numerators

• Borrow from the whole number part if needed

• Add the denominators

• Multiply the fractions

The _______ is the answer to an subtraction equation.

• answer

• product

• difference

• sum