Understanding Fractions and Rational Numbers

Understanding Fractions and Rational Numbers

Assessment

Interactive Video

Mathematics

9th - 10th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Nancy Jackson

FREE Resource

10 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why can't the result of dividing one by three be represented by a natural number?

Because natural numbers are not closed under division.

Because three is not a natural number.

Because division always results in a whole number.

Because one is not divisible by three.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a unit fraction?

A fraction that represents a whole number.

A fraction that cannot be simplified.

A fraction with a denominator of one.

A fraction with a numerator of one.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How did ancient Egyptians represent quantities smaller than one that were not unit fractions?

By using negative numbers.

By using whole numbers.

By adding different unit fractions.

By using decimals.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a common fraction?

A fraction with a numerator of one.

A fraction with a denominator of one.

A fraction that is a multiple of a unit fraction.

A fraction that cannot be simplified.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the components of a common fraction?

Integer and decimal.

Whole number and decimal.

Numerator and divisor.

Numerator and denominator.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the significance of the denominator in a fraction?

It divides the unit length into equal parts.

It is always a prime number.

It represents the whole number.

It is always greater than the numerator.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a rational number?

A number that is always positive.

A number that cannot be divided.

A number that is always a whole number.

A number that can be expressed as a ratio of two integers.

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