Fraction Vocabulary

What is a benchmark fraction?

• A fraction with 1 as the numerator

• A common fraction that you can compare other fractions against.

• whether your answer makes sense

• Changing the size without changing the proportions

What is the denominator?

• The number on top of a fraction (part)

• Two or more fractions with different numbers in the denominator

• A number that divides evenly into another

• The number on the bottom of a fraction (whole)

What is the numerator?

• A fraction with 1 as the numerator

• Whether your answer makes sense or not

• the number on the bottom of a fraction (Whole)

• the number on the top of a fraction (Part)

What is a unit fraction?

• the number on top of a fraction

• a number that is not a whole number

• a fraction with 1 as the numerator

• fractions with the same value

What is division?

• common fractions that you can compare other fractions against

• fractions with the same value

• whether your answer makes sense or not

• Splitting something into equal parts or groups

What is another word for a whole number and fraction combined?

• Mixed Number

• Equivalent Fraction

• Division

• Factor

What does it mean for an answer to be reasonable?

• Adding a number to itself a certain number of times

• Splitting something into equal parts or groups

• Whether your answer makes sense or not

• A number that divides evenly into another

What is a fraction?

• A number between two whole numbers

• the number on top

• the number on the bottom

• Adding a number to itself a certain number of times

Changing the size of something without changing the proportions is known as

• scaling

• multiplying

• factor

• area

Fractions with the same value (but with different digits) are

• scaling

• equivalent fractions

• factors

• benchmark fractions