Fraction Vocabulary
the bottom number in a fraction, representing the total number of pieces that the whole is divided into
What is the denominator?
The number you land on when you skip count by a number
What is a multiple?
3/4 x 2/3
What is 1/2?
4/5 / 1/2
What is 1 3/5?
Alex wanted to make some cookies. he needed 2 1/4 cup flour for one batch, but he only needed 1/3 of a batch. How many cups of flour will he need?
2 1/4 x 1/3 =________
The top number in a fraction, represented the number of pieces of the whole taken up by the fraction
What is the numerator?
The numbers that a larger number is divisible by
What is a factor?
4/5 x 2 1/4
What is 1 4/5
2 1/4 / 2/3
What is 3 3/8?
Mina was making friendship bracelets. She had 4 yards of embroidery thread. She needs 2/3 of a yard per bracelet. How many bracelets can she make?
4 / 2/3 = ______
When fractions of the two wholes (containing different numbers of equal pieces) are re-divided, so that they contain the same number of equal-size pieces
What is finding the common denominator?
the answer to a division problem
What is a quotient?
4 3/4 x 2 1/7
What is 23 3/4?
1/2 / 3
What is 1/6?
Bob was making muffins for meetings at school. he wanted to save one third of the muffins for himself, but the rest he would take to the meeting. The recipe made 36 muffins. How many muffins will he take to the meeting?
2/3 x 36 = _____
When a fraction is larger than 1 whole in value, and the numerator is larger than the denominator
What is an improper fraction?
the answer to a multiplication problem
What is a product?
3 1/2 x 4/5
What is 2 4/5?
1/2 / 2 3/4
What is 2/11?
Tristyn had 3/4 ton of gravel in his truck. He needed 1/3 of a ton to resurface one driveway. How many driveways can he resurface with what he has in his truck?
3/4 / 1/3 = ___________
When a fraction includes a whole number and a fraction less than one in value
What is a mixed number?
The number you are dividing by
What is a divisor?
3/8 x 4 11/12
1 27/32
5 1/2 / 1/3 = ____
16 1/2