Fractions Vocabulary

What is a fraction?

• A fraction is cutting up paper

• A fraction is shading in paper

• A fraction shows equal parts of a whole

• A fraction shows unequal parts of a whole

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

What is a unit fraction?

• A fraction with one in denominator

• A fraction with one in the numerator

• A fraction with a whole number one

• A fraction with 2 in the numerator

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CCSS.3.G.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

What is a numerator?

• The number of parts that are counted, seperated or shaded.

• The number of parts in a whole

• The number of fractions in a problem

• A fraction shows equal parts of a whole

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

What is a denominator?

• How many pieces there are alltogether

• The amount of shaded parts

• Equal pieces of the numerator

• Equal pieces of a whole.

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

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

• partition

• segment

• fraction

• whole

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CCSS.3.G.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.NF.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.3

Splitting a whole into equal groups

• whole

• unit fraction

• partition

• multiply

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CCSS.3.G.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

All the parts of a shape or group

• whole

• fraction

• unit fraction

• numerator

Tags

CCSS.3.G.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

Parts that are exactly the same

• numerator

• partition

• number line

• equal parts

Tags

CCSS.3.G.A.2

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

The part of the fraction above the fraction bar, which tells how many parts are being considered (or counted)

• numerator

• unit fraction

• denominator

• partition

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1

A fraction that has 1 as its numerator

• numerator

• denominator

• equal parts

• unit fraction

Tags

CCSS.3.NF.A.1