Partitioning
Fractions of a set
Vocabulary
100
This is what two equal parts are called.
What is halves?
100

A pizza is cut into 10 equal slices. If you eat 7 slices, this is the fraction of the pizza you have left.

3/10

100

What does Fraction mean?

Parts of a whole 

200
This is what three equal parts is called.
What is thirds?
200

Lily and her mom decided to bake cupcakes. They made 6 cupcakes. After the cupcakes cooled down, Lily ate 1/2 of them

How much of the cupcakes are left for her brother?

one-half or 3/6

200

What is another word that means splitting into equal parts

Partitioning
300
This is what four equal parts are called.
What is fourths?
300
This is a set of 6 balls. 3 are of the balls are footballs, 2 are soccer balls, and one is a baseball. What fraction of the balls are footballs?
What is 3 - 6 (three sixth)?
300

This term means "the top number in a fraction," telling how many parts we have.

The numerator is the top number in a fraction.

400

What is the name for a figure with 6 equal parts

sixths

400

You have a chocolate bar divided into 6 equal pieces. You eat 2 pieces, and your friend eats 4 pieces. Together, you ate this fraction of the bar.

6/6 or 1

400

This term means "the bottom number in a fraction," telling how many equal parts the whole is divided into.

The denominator is the bottom number in a fraction.

500

What is the name of a figure with 8 equal parts?

Eighths

500

A fraction is equal to this if the numerator and denominator are the same.

1 Whole

500

Finish this: The smaller the parts,___________

the bigger the pieces.

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