Math Vocabulary Week 2

a common fraction that you might compare other fractions to. For example, 1/2.

• common denominator
• benchmark fraction
• fraction
• scaling

a number that is a common multiple of the denominators of two or more fractions

• common denominator
• convert
• equivalent fraction
• mixed numbers

to change from one measurement unit to another

• denominator
• numerator
• scaling
• convert

the number below the line in a fraction. It tells how many equal parts are in the whole

• numerator
• fraction
• denominator
• mixed number

two or more fractions that have the same value. They name the same part of a whole and the same point on a number line.

• fraction
• equivalent fraction
• mixed number
• ordered pair

a number that names equal parts of a whole

• origin
• scaling
• unit fraction
• fraction

a number with a whole part and a fractional part

• mixed number
• equivalent fraction
• convert
• benchmark fraction

the number above the line in a fraction. It tells how many equal parts are described

• ordered pair
• numerator
• unit fraction
• denominator

a pair of numbers, (x,y) that describe the location of a point on a coordinate plane

• origin
• benchmark fraction
• ordered pair
• common denominator

the point (0,0) where the x-axis and the y-axis intersect on a coordinate plane

• scaling
• equivalent fraction
• unit fraction
• origin