Slice a pizza, and we get fractions:
1/2 (One-Half), 1/4 (One-Quarter), 3/8 (Three-Eighths) The top number says how many slices we have....The bottom number says how many slices the pizza is cut into.
Equivalent Fractions:
Some fractions may look different, but are really the same, for example:
4/8=2/4=1/2
It is usually best to show an answer using the simplest fraction (1/2 in this case ). That is called Simplifying, or Reducing the Fraction
Numerator / Denominator
We call the top number the Numerator, it is the number of parts we have. We call the bottom number the Denominator, it is the number of parts the whole is divided into.
You just have to remember those names! (If you forget just think "Down"-ominator)
in our next post, we'll be talking about Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Division of fractions.....
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