Fractions

Fractions

What are fractions?

These slides will explain it all.

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Slide One, What are fractions?

A fraction (from Latin fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts. When spoken in everyday English, a fraction describes how many parts of a certain size there are, for example, one-half, eight-fifths, three-quarters. A common, vulgar, or simple fraction (examples: 1/2 and 17/3) consists of a numerator displayed above a line (or before a slash), and a non-zero denominator, displayed below (or after) that line.

Here is what is called a fraction chart. It explains all the fractions there are.

What is an equal fraction and an unequal fraction?

• An unequal fraction is when two fractions are said to be unequal to each other if their lowest forms are not equal to each other

• Equivalent fractions are different fractions that name the same number. The numerator and the denominator of a fraction must be multiplied by the same nonzero whole number in order to have equivalent fractions.

Multiple Select

Is 2/4 equal to 1/2? Hint: (Look at the fraction chart on the slide below to help you)

• True

• False

Slide 4, Now you tell me a fact or two you learned about fractions

Answer here:

Poll

Do you like working fractions?

• Yes

• No

Slide 7, Summary of fractions.

Fractions are shapes that can represent splitting things into halves. Now I know what fractions are!

Slide 8, Thanks for listening, see you next time!

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