Understanding Fractions

What is the term for the top number in a fraction?

• Denominator

• Whole

• Numerator

• Fraction

What does the denominator in a fraction represent?

• The part of the whole being represented

• The number of numerators

• The total number of parts in a whole

• The number of wholes

How do you write the fraction 3/8 in word form?

• Three eight

• Three and eight

• Three eights

• Three eighths

If a fraction has a numerator of 27 and a denominator of 10, how is it read?

• Twenty-seven tens

• Twenty-seven tenth

• Twenty-seven ten

• Twenty-seven tenths

On a number line, if the numerator is 3 and the denominator is 4, what is the fraction?

• Three-four

• Three-fourth

• Three-fours

• Three-fourths