Definitions
This needs to be the same/common when you add/subtract a fraction.
What is Denominator?
What is the first step
4 x 2/3
Make whole number into a fraction.
4 x 2/3
22/4 or 21/2
2/3 x 1/2
3/5
11/4 x 21/4
2 13/16
This number is a whole number and a fraction combined.
What is Mixed Number?
What is the only step
1/4 x 1/6
Multiply straight across
3/6 x 9
43/6 or 41/2
4/6 x 2/4
8/24 or 1/3
33/5 x 11/2
54/10 or 52/5
The fraction has a bigger numerator than denominator and no whole number.
What is an improper fraction?
What is the first step
32/3 x 22/4
Convert into a improper fraction
10 x 2/3
7 2/3
11/12 x 4/5
44/60 or 11/15
51/3 x 47/8
26
You can not have these two numbers together in your answer.
What is improper fraction and mixed number?
What is the next step
13/4
Convert into a mixed number
11/12 x 8
7 4/12 or 7 1/3
9 x (2/9 x 1/2)
1
72/3 x 63/4
51 9/12 or 51 3/4
The act of borrowing a whole number in the proses to subtract fractions.
What is Regrouping?
What is the last step
42/4
Simplify the fraction
36 x 4/6
24
4/7 x (5/8 - 1/4)
12/56 or 3/14
44/6 x 24/10 x 1/8
116/40 or 1 2/5