Types of Fractions
What type of fraction has a numerator that is smaller than it's denominator?
A proper fraction
You can draw a picture.
or
You can multiply the whole number by the denominator and add the numerator. This gives the improper numerator and we use the mixed number denominator!
Which is bigger:
3/6 or 2/6
3/6
Förkorta bråket så långt som möjligt: 14/20
7/10
What type of fraction has a denominator that is smaller than it's numerator?
An improper fraction
Covert from mixed number to an improper fraction: 5 2/3
17/3
Which is bigger: 4/9 or 4/7
4/7
Förkorta bråket så långt som möjligt: 24/36
2/3
What kind of fraction has a whole number in front of a proper fraction?
A mixed number (not a mixed fraction!... although we would still know what you were talking about)
Covert from an improper fraction to a mixed number: 16/5
3 1/5
Which is bigger: 4/5 or 2/3
4/5
Vilken årskurs undervisade Ms Ohlström förra läsåret? What year group did Ms Ohlstrom teach last year?
åk 9
What fraction has a 1 as it's numerator?
A unit fraction
Covert from mixed number to an improper fraction: 16 31/100
1631/100
Which is bigger: 2 3/4, 2.5 or 7/2
7/2
What was the number one song of 2012, staying at the top of the Billboard Top 100 for 8 consecutive weeks?
Somebody that I used to know by Gotye
What is wrong with the following:
3 3/2
A mixed number doesn't include an improper fraction so it should be: 4 1/2
How do you convert from an improper fraction to a mixed number.
Divide the numerator by the denominator. The answer becomes the whole number of the mixed number and the remainder is the numerator of the mixed number.
Which is bigger:
Unique ways to shuffle a deck of cards
or
Number of atoms on planet Earth
Ways to shuffle cards (52!)
1/2 = 2/4 =3/6 = 4/8 ...
An infinite number!
Example: