Fraction Terms
This term is used to describe the top number of a fraction
What is the NUMERATOR
Explain the first step in converting a mixed number into an improper fraction
What is MULTIPLYING THE DENOMINATOR BY THE WHOLE NUMBER
How do you say the following improper fraction with correct terms?
12/7
What is TWELVE SEVENTHS
Describe the name of the answer to a multiplication problem
What is the PRODUCT
Explain the definition of a factor
What are THE PARTS OF A MULTIPLICATION EQUATION (example: in 2 x 8 = 16, 2 and 8 are factors)
This term is used to describe the bottom number of a fraction
What is the DENOMINATOR
Explain the second step in converting a mixed number into an improper fraction
What is ADDING THE NUMERATOR TO THE PRODUCT OF THE DENOMINATOR AND WHOLE NUMBER
How do you describe this fraction, as a division equation, in order to begin converting it into a mixed number?
18/5
What is EIGHTEEN DIVIDED BY 5
Describe the parts of a multiplication problem
What are the FACTORS
Describe a prime number
What is A NUMBER THAT ONLY HAS TWO FACTORS, ONE AND ITSELF
State the term used to describe the type of rational number that contains a whole number and a fraction
What is a MIXED NUMBER
State the "trick" used to remember the steps of converting a mixed number to an improper fraction
What is the M.A.D. WHEEL
Describe what the remainder of a division problem becomes when you are turning an improper fraction into a mixed number?
What is.. THE REMAINDER BECOMES THE NUMERATOR OF THE MIXED NUMBER
Describe the name of the answer to a division problem
What is the QUOTIENT
Describe a composite number
What is A NUMBER THAT IS NOT PRIME, HAS FACTORS OTHER THAN ONE AND ITSELF
State the term that is used to describe a rational number where the numerator is larger in value than the denominator
What is an IMPROPER FRACTION
Explain the acronym M.A.D. and what it stands for
What is.. M for MULTIPLICATION, A for ADDITION, and D for DENOMINATOR (where the denominator stays the same)
Turn the following improper fraction into a mixed number:
19/7
What is 2 (WHOLE NUMBER) and 5/7 (FRACTION)
State the term that is used to describe the opposite operation?
What is the INVERSE
Describe the following number as prime or composite:
27
What is COMPOSITE
State the term that describes all fractions, or numbers that can be written as fractions
What are RATIONAL NUMBERS
Convert this mixed number to an improper fraction:
8 3/12
What is 99/12
Turn the following improper fraction into a mixed number:
55/9
What is 6 (WHOLE NUMBER) and 1/9 (FRACTION)
Besides the usual symbols x and รท (that you see when multiplying or dividing), name one other symbol that can be used for multiplication and division
What is the DOT FOR MULTIPLICATION AND FRACTION BAR FOR DIVISION (can also name parenthesis for multiplication)
Tell all the factors of 27
What are 1, 3, 9, and 27