Fraction Basics
This number tells you how many equal parts are in one whole.
What is the denominator?
When two fractions have the same denominator, look at this part to determine which fraction is greater.
What is the numerator?
What are fractions called that represent the same amount or the same point on a number line, like 1/2 and 2/4?
What are equivalent fractions?
To place 3/4 on a number line, you divide the space from 0 to 1 into this many equal parts.
What is 4 parts.
Any fraction where the numerator is exactly half the denominator is equivalent to this benchmark fraction.
What is 1/2?
This number tells you how many equal parts you have.
What is the numerator?
When two fractions have the same numerator, the fraction with the smaller denominator is this.
What is greater/larger?
This fraction is equivalent to 1221 and has a denominator of 10.
What is 5/10?
To show 7/10 on a number line, you count this many tick marks from 0.
What is 7 tick marks?
Is the fraction 9/8 less than or greater than 1 whole.
What is greater than 1 whole.
As the denominator gets larger in unit fractions, the size of each part gets this smaller or larger.
What is smaller?
Between 3/8 and 5/8, this fraction is greater.
5/8
On a number line, equivalent fractions are located at this same thing.
What is the same point (or same distance from 0)?
If a fraction is located between 0 and 1/2 on a number line, is is less than or greater than this compared to 1/2.
What is less than 1/2?
If a fraction has the same numerator and denominator, like 6666, it equals this number.
What is 1 whole?
In the fraction 3/5, this number tells you that one whole is divided into 5 equal parts.
What is the denominator (or5)?
Between 2/5 and 2/10, this fraction is greater because it has larger parts.
What is 2/5?
This fraction is equivalent to 1/3 and has a denominator of 12.
What is 4/12?
On a number line divided into fifths, you would find 4/5 at this tick mark counting from 0.
What is the fourth tick mark?
Is the fraction 3/10 less than or greater than 1/2?
What is less than?
This type of fraction represents more than one whole, like 7/4 or 13/10.
What is an improper fraction or a fraction greater than 1 whole?
If Tyler thinks 5/12 is greater than 5/6 because 12 is bigger than 6.... is he correct?
What is...no, he incorrect?
When you half your sixths on a fraction strip, you create twelfths, showing that 3/6 equals this fraction.
What is 6/12?
True or False: if you know where 1/5 is on a number line, you can find 2/10 at this same location.
What is true?
Is the fraction 4/6 less than or greater than 1/2.