Vocabulary
What is the top part of a fraction called?
Numerator
Simplify:
4/8
1/2
What ALWAYS stays the same when converting mixed numbers to improper fractions?
The denominator
What ALWAYS stays the same when converting improper fractions to mixed numbers?
The denominator
What is the bottom part of a fraction called?
Simplify:
33/45
Explain how to convert a mixed number to an improper fraction.
Multiply the whole number and the denominator. Add the numerator. Keep the denominator the same.
Explain how to change from an improper fraction to a mixed number.
Divide the numerator by the denominator to get your whole number. Your remainder becomes the numerator in your fraction. The denominator stays the same.
Explain what a mixed number is.
A number with both a whole number and a fraction.
Simplify:
52/104
Change to an improper fraction:
1 1/9
10/9
Change to a mixed number:
83/7
11 6/7
Explain what an improper fraction is.
A fraction where the numerator is greater than the denominator.
Simplify:
30/180
Change to an improper fraction:
21/8
21/8
Change to a mixed number:
33/10
3 3/10
Explain what simplifying a fraction means.
To put a fraction in its simplest form. To find the simplest equivalent fraction.
Simplify:
45/225
Change to an improper fraction:
4 3/7
31/7
Change to a mixed number:
105/8