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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Page 1: 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.

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

Page 2: 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.

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

Page 3: 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.

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

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