Addition –When you add fractions with like denominators, you add the numerators together and keep the denominator the same.
Jun 23, 2015
Addition –When you add fractions with like denominators, you add the numerators together
and keep the denominator the same.
Benchmark FractionsBenchmark Fractions - - Fractions that are commonly used for estimation.
Compare – To see how two or more things are different
Denominator - The number below the fraction bar. The denominator tells the total
number of equal parts.
1
5 -denominator
Equivalent fractions – Fractions that name the same region, part of a set, or part of a segment.
Fractions - A fraction is a symbol such as,2/3, 5/1, Or, used to name a part of a whole, a part
Of a set, a location on a number line,Or a division of whole numbers.
Greater thanGreater than – More than the other. One half is– More than the other. One half is greater than two twelths.greater than two twelths.
Half - one of two equal parts
Improper Fraction - A fraction in witch the numerator is
greater than the denominator
7
2
(3 1 )
2
.
June and July – Two out of twelve months in a year.
Kilometer - A metric unit of length is 1000 meters
1 Meter is 1/1000 of a kilometer
Lowest termsLowest terms – A fraction in which the – A fraction in which the numerator and the denominator have no numerator and the denominator have no common factors other than 1.common factors other than 1.
Mixed Number - A whole and a part of a whole
Numerator - The number above the fraction bar in a
fraction. How many are shaded or left.
1 - numerator
4
Order - Putting fractions in order from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.
1/2 > 1/3 > 1/4 > 1/5 > 1/6 > 1/8 > 1/10 > 1/12
1/2 > 1/3 > 1/4 > 1/5 > 1/6 > 1/8 > 1/10 > 1/12
QuarterQuarter - A quarter is ¼, of a - A quarter is ¼, of a dollardollar
Reduce - to put a fraction in lowest terms, you have to identify the greatest common factor and divide both the numerator & denominator by the G.C.F. to reduce the fraction to lowest terms.
Sixths - 1/6 of the pizza is gone.
Third - 1 third of a whole
Under–The denominator is under the numerator and tells how many to use.
Variable – A symbol or letter that stands for a number.
Whole - When the numerator and the
denominator are the same.
8, 5, 3, 12
8 5 3 12
X – Twenty four out of twenty six
Yellow hexagonYellow hexagon - if the yellow hexagon - if the yellow hexagon represents 1 whole then a green trianglerepresents 1 whole then a green trianglerepresents 1/6.represents 1/6.
Zero - When nothing out of the denominator
is shaded or left.
0, 0, 0, 0 8 5 3 12