Understanding Fractions: Fifths, Sixths and Eighths

What is the numerator in a fraction?

• The bottom number

• The top number

• The whole number

• The number of parts the whole is divided into

What is the denominator in a fraction?

• The top number

• The whole number

• The bottom number

• The number of parts being counted

How many sixths make a whole?

• 4

• 5

• 6

• 7

How many eighths make a whole?

• 6

• 7

• 8

• 9

How many fifths make a whole?

• 5

• 6

• 7

• 8

What does the numerator name in a fraction?

• The total number of parts the whole is partitioned into

• The number of parts being counted

• The whole number

• The bottom number

What does the denominator name in a fraction?

• The number of parts being counted

• The top number

• The total number of parts the whole is partitioned into

• The whole number

What fraction of the parts are shaded?

What fraction of the parts are shaded?

What fraction of the parts are unshaded?