Fraction Vocabulary
The term for the numbers on the top and the bottom of fractions.
Bottom: Denominator
2 ÷ 1/4
8
4 cats are evenly sharing 3 cups of milk. How much milk will each cat get?
3/4 cup
1/9
1 ÷ 9
3/6
Fractions that name the same amount are called...
Equivalent fractions
4 ÷ 1/5
20
Four very tired teachers at Rising Star are sharing 5 kilograms of coffee. What division equation can tell us how much coffee each teacher will get?
5 ÷ 4 = 5/4
5/7
5 ÷ 7
10/20
1/2
A fraction that includes both a whole number and part of another fraction
Mixed number
1/2 ÷ 2
1/4
Coach Dan has 4 bottles of Gatorade. He pours 1/8 of a bottle for each person at basketball practice. How many people can he serve?
32
13/3
13 ÷ 3
8/5
1 3/5
A fraction with a numerator that is larger than the denominator (example: 11/6)
A fraction greater than one/improper fraction
1/3 ÷ 6
1/18
Three friends shared one half of a watermelon equally. What fraction of the whole watermelon did each person get?
1/2 ÷ 3 = 1/6
11/19
11 ÷ 19
100/25
4
A fraction whose numerator is 1.
Unit Fraction
12 ÷ 1/2
24
A truck is filled with 1/2 ton of woodchips for playgrounds at different schools. If the woodchips are shared equally between 3 schools, how much does each school get? Write a division equation and solve.
1/2 ÷ 3 = 1/6 ton.
20/100
20 ÷ 100
60/48
5/4