Math Topic 10 Vocabulary

The answer to a division problem

• addends

• difference

• quotient

The number below the fraction bar in a fraction, the total number of equal parts in all.

• denominator

• numerator

• fraction

Is the number to be divided (the first number of the division problem.)

• divisor

• dividend

• quotient

A fraction with a numerator and denominator that cannot be divided by the same divisor, except 1.

• simplest form

• fraction

• equivalent fractions

The number by which another number is divided (the second number in a division problem.)

• Dividend

• Quotient

• Divisior

A fraction with a numerator of 1. Example: 1/8

• mixed number

• unit fraction

• fraction

A number with a whole number part and a fraction part. Example: 2 1/4

• Unit Fraction

• Mixed Number

• Equivalent Fraction

The number above the fraction bar in a fraction.

• Denominator

• Numerator

• fraction

Fractions that name the same part of a whole, same part of a set, or same location on a number line.

• Unit Fractions

• Equivalent Fractions

• Fraction

A symbol, such as 2/8, 5/8, or 5/5, used to name a part of a whole, part of a set, or a location on a number line.

• unit fraction

• fraction

• equivalent fraction