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Giorgio has 5 animals. One of them is a dog. What fraction of Giorgio's animals are dogs?
Numerator - tells how many parts are involved/shaded
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Denomentor- gives the TOTAL number of parts
The bottom number of the fraction is always the total amount. So in this case, it is 5, because Giorgio has 5 animals (denomentor). Since the question ask, what fraction of Giorgio's animals are dogs.. we put that number on top(numerator).
1/5
The number ABOVE the line tells
HOW MANY PARTS are involved.
It 'enumerates' or counts the colored parts.
The number BELOW the line tells
WHAT KIND OF PARTS
the whole is divided into.
It 'denominates' or names the parts.
In naming the fractional parts we use the ordinal numbers; third, fourth, fifth
sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, etc. The exception is half or halves.