Fraction Vocabulary

fractions that are easy to visualize and used to estimate

• equation

• expression

• benchmark fractions

• equivalent fractions

naming part of a whole

• numerator

• fraction

• denominator

• proper fraction

the top number in a fraction that shows the parts of a whole

• denominator

• improper fraction

• proper fraction

• numerator

the bottom number in a fraction that shows the total parts

• proper fraction

• denominator

• numerator

• benchmark fraction

fractions that have the same value

• equivalent fractions

• benchmark fractions

• proper fraction

• improper fraction

numerator is smaller than the denominator

• improper fraction

• proper fraction

• fraction

• equivalent fraction

numerator is equal to or larger than the denominator

• improper fraction

• numerator

• fraction

• proper fraction

a whole number followed by a fraction

• improper fraction

• proper fraction

• mixed number

• fraction

break a number into smaller parts

• compose

• decompose

• compare

• unit fraction

A fraction is...

• the answer to addition

• part of a whole

• greater than one

• the difference in two values