Fraction Vocabulary
Understanding Fractions
Fractions on a Number Line
Equivalent Fractions
Basic Fraction Adding and Subtracting
100

This is the top number of a fraction.

Answer: What is the numerator?

100

The fraction 1/2 means this many parts out of 2 are shaded.

Answer: What is 1?

100

100: On a number line between 0 and 1, 1/2 is located in this position.

100: On a number line between 0 and 1, 1/2 is located in this position.
Answer: What is the middle?
or
After one space

100

What is an equivalent fraction to 1/2?
 

Answer: What is 2/4 or 3/6?

100

What is 1/4 + 1/4?

Answer: What is 2/4 or 1/2?

200

This is the bottom number of a fraction.
 

Answer: What is the denominator?

200

In the fraction 3/4, how many total parts make up the whole?

Answer: What is 4?

200

How many equal parts must be between 0 and 1 on a number line to show fourths?
 

Answer: What is 4?

200

Fill in the blank: 3/4 = __/8
 

Answer: What is 6?

200

What is 3/5 - 1/5?

Answer: What is 2/5?

300

A fraction where the numerator is smaller than the denominator is called this.

Answer: What is a proper fraction?

300

What fraction represents 2 parts of a whole that is divided into 5 equal parts?

Answer: What is 2/5?

300

On a number line, what is the fraction 3/6 equal to?
 

Answer: What is 1/2?

300

Which of the following is equivalent to 2/3: 4/6, 3/5, or 6/10?

Answer: What is 4/6?

300

What is 2/3 + 1/3?

Answer: What is 3/3 or 1?

400

A fraction where the numerator is greater than or equal to the denominator is called this.

Answer: What is an improper fraction?

400

If you eat 3 out of 8 slices of pizza, what fraction have you eaten?
 

Answer: What is 3/8?

400

If you divide a number line from 0 to 1 into 8 equal parts, what is the fourth point?
 

Answer: What is 4/8 or 1/2?

400

True or False: 5/10 and 1/2 are equivalent.
 

Answer: What is True?

400

What is 5/6 - 2/6?

Answer: What is 3/6 or 1/2?

500

When a fraction is written using the smallest numbers possible, it is said to be in this form.

Answer: What is simplest form?

500

If you shade 5 out of 6 equal parts, what fraction is unshaded?

Answer: What is 1/6?

500

On a number line from 0 to 2, where would 3/2 be located?

Answer: What is halfway between 1 and 2?

500

Simplify 12/16 to its lowest terms.

Answer: What is 3/4?

500

Subtract: 7/8 - 3/8

Answer: What is 4/8 or 1/2?