Important Terms
What is a number that represents equal parts of a whole object or a set of objects called?
Fraction
If you cut a cake into 3 equal pieces and eat 2, what fraction of the cake is left?
1/3
In a group of 6 dogs, if 2 are brown, what fraction of the dogs are brown?
2/6
What is the bottom number of a fraction?
Denominator
If you have a pizza and it's cut into 4 equal slices, and you eat 1 slice, what fraction of the pizza did you eat?
1/4
If you have 8 marbles, and 4 of them are blue, what fraction of the marbles are blue?
4/8
What does the numerator represent?
It shows the number of parts we still have out of the whole or set.
If you have a rectangle that is divided into 6 parts and 4 parts are shaded, what fraction is unshaded?
You have a basket with 8 apples, and 3 apples are red. What fraction of the apples are green?
5/8
What does the denominator represent?
It represents the total number of parts in the whole or set.
If you have a whole and you divide it into 4 equal parts, how many parts are needed to make 3/4 of the whole?
3 parts
You have 6 pencils in a box, and 2 of them are broken. What fraction of the pencils are not broken?
4/6
What two numbers can a simple fraction exist between?
0 and 1
If you have a chocolate bar divided into 2 equal pieces and you eat half of the bar, what fraction of the chocolate bar did you eat?
1/2
You have a set of 8 coins, and 6 of them are not quarters. What fraction of the coins are quarters?
2/8