Math Unit 6.1 Vocabulary

A comparison of two numbers

• Ratio

• Unit Rate

• Rate

• Fraction

A ratio comparing two different units

• numerator

• denominator

• rate

• fraction

A rate with a denominator of 1

• unit rate

• fraction

• equivalent

• simplify (reduce)

to determine whether a number is greater than, less than, or equal to another number

• fraction

• rate

• unit rate

• compare

A whole divided into equal parts

• numerator

• denominator

• fraction

• unit rate

the top number in a fraction that tells you how many equal parts you have

• denominator

• equivalent

• numerator

• ratio

the bottom number in a fraction that tells you how many equal parts the whole is divided into

• numerator

• denominator

• ratio

• unit rate

equal

• unit rate

• fraction

• denominator

• equivalent

to rewrite an expression, equation, or fraction in a simpler form without changing its value

• unit rate

• ratio

• denominator

• simplify (reduce)

a visual representation used to show equivalent ratios between two related quantities

• table

• double number line

• graph

• pie chart