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FRACTIONS

FRACTIONS. A fraction is a quantity that is not a whole number. They are useful whenever we need to split things up. Mario uses fractions to split up his pizzas. How many parts will he cut it into if he is sharing with his brother Antonio?. Mario splits the pizza into two equal parts.

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FRACTIONS

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  1. FRACTIONS

  2. A fraction is a quantity that is not a whole number They are useful whenever we need to split things up.

  3. Mario uses fractions to split up his pizzas How many parts will he cut it into if he is sharing with his brother Antonio?

  4. Mario splits the pizza into two equal parts. Each part is a fraction. We call these parts halves. It is important that they are equal.

  5. Which of these shapes are split into halves?

  6. One half can be written like this As you can see fractions are made up of 2 different parts. One part on the top and one part on the bottom.

  7. The top and bottom parts of the fraction have different meanings. The top number is the number of parts The bottom number is the total number of parts

  8. Another name for these parts is The numerator The denominator

  9. The numerator is the top part.It shows how many parts of the whole we are talking about. The denominator is thebottom part.It shows how many parts the whole has been split into.

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