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This is what the top of a fraction is called.
What is the numerator?
This is the reduced form of 12/16 (twelve sixteenths).
What is 3/4? (Three fourths)
This is what an improper fraction is.
What is when the numerator is larger than the denominator?
These numbers below ten go into 7818 evenly.
Dennis really wants you to do this at the beginning of kerf problems (and many other types of problems, too).
What is - make a drawing?
This is one of the many reasons why we might want to measure all three dimensions.
Fitting in cabinets, What type of wood to use, What doorknob to purchase…
This is 3/8 (three eighths) doubled.
What is - 3/8 times 2 (6/8 or 3/4).
This is the definition of a percent.
What is - Part of a whole where the whole has 100 equal parts?
These 3 words help us remember what to do to divide fractions.
What is Keep, Change, Flip?
This is the definition of kerf.
What is - the width of the wood removed from saw blade?
This is a quick way to divide a fraction by 2.
What is - Double the denominator?
This is what "of" means in math.
What is "multiply"?
This is 33/4 (thirty-three fourths) as a mixed number.
What is 8 and 1/4?
This is why we have to find a common denominator when adding fractions.
What is - we can only add equal fractional pieces?
This is how you borrow 1 with fractions.
What is change the 1 into a fraction with the numerator and denominator the same number?
This is 3/8 (three eights) as a decimal.
What is 0.375?
This is the property that allows us to separate a hard problem into 2 easy problems. (Like when we multiply a mixed number by a fraction)
What is the distribution property?
This is a type of Kerf problem that we have been practicing. (We have practiced 2 types)
What is splitting a board into equal pieces and finding minimum length?
This is the total kerf if you have to cut a board into 17 pieces. (k=1/8)
What is 2 inches?
This is why the end of a tape measure wiggles.
What is - it moves the width of the wiggly piece so when you are measuring an inside measurement it doesn't add that extra width on.