Fractions (Unit 4) Vocabulary

the bottom number in a fraction, which shows the number of equal parts the whole has been divided into.

• numerator

• denominator

• fraction bar

• fraction

the top number in a fraction, which shows the number of parts of the whole taken.

• denominator

• fraction

• numerator

• fraction bar

An Improper fraction is ______

• A fraction in which the numerator is less than the denominator

• A fraction in which the numerator is greater/larger than the denominator

• A whole number and a fraction

• A fraction is in simplest form when the numerator and the denominator have no common factor other than 1. The fraction is either a proper fraction or mixed number

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the number above the fraction bar in a fraction that tells the number of equal part that are being described

• fraction

• benchmark fraction

• denominator

• numerator

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

• unit fraction

• whole number

• common denominator

• compare

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a fraction with a numerator of 1

• unit fraction

• whole number

• common denominator

• compare

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two or more fractions that name equal or the same parts of a whole

• whole

• equivalet fractions

• common denominator

• compare

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the number below the fraction bar in a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in a whole

• fraction

• benchmark fraction

• denominator

• numerator

What are mixed numbers?

• A whole number and a fraction

• A whole number

• Fractions that show different numbers with the same value. ex : 3/4=6/8

• The answer to a division problem