What is a fraction? 1 A simple fraction has two parts: -a numerator which is the number on the top...
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What is a fraction? 1 A simple fraction has two parts: -a numerator which is the number on the top line and -a denominator which is the number on the bottom line. For example: 3 is the NUMERATOR 4 is the DENOMINATOR 4 3
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What is a fraction? 1A simple fraction has two parts:-a numerator which is the number on the top line and-a denominator which is the number on the bottom line. For example:
3 is the NUMERATOR
4 is the DENOMINATOR
4
3
What is a fraction? 2An improper fraction has a numerator that is bigger than the denominator: For example:
7 is the NUMERATOR
4 is the DENOMINATOR
and 7 is bigger than 4
4
7
What is a fraction? 3
A mixed number has a whole number part and a proper fraction part: For example:
4
32
The whole number part is 2 and the fraction part is
This fraction can also be expressed as an improper fraction 4
114
3
4
84
32
4
3