Multiply a proper fraction by a whole number where the product is within a whole | Exit Quiz | Oak National Academy

The name for the number on the top of a fraction is the ____________.

• numerator

• fractional part

• denominator

• vinculum

Answer explanation

The bottom number is the denominator and the fraction bar is called the vinculum.

When you multiply a fraction by a whole number, the denominator __________.

• increases in size.

• decreases in size.

• stays the same.

Answer explanation

The unit represented by the denominator does not change.

The yellow coloured part has a value of:

Answer explanation

The whole is divided into 8 equal parts. There are two yellow parts shaded. This represents two eighths of the whole.

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Answer explanation

Each colour represents two equal parts. Each equal part has three segments. Each segment represents one-ninth, so three segments is equal to three-ninths. There are six-ninths shaded altogether.

Which equation represents this image?

Answer explanation

There are four lots of four twentieths. This can also be represented as four twentieths, four times.

Which equation represents this image?

Answer explanation

There are three lots of three tenths which is equal to 9 tenths.