Math 6 1

• Whole


  One complete pizza or chocolate bar
• Part


  A slice of pizza or piece of chocolate bar
• Fraction


  Expresses part of the whole
• How to write fractions

  1. Numerator (number of parts taken)

  2. Denominator (total number of equal parts in the whole)
• Fraction example 1


  • 3 over 10 (3/10 or 3 tenths)
• Fraction example 2


  • 1 over 6 (1/6 or 1 sixth)
• Types of fractions


  • Similar fractions (same denominator)
  • Mixed numbers (whole number and fraction)
  • Proper fraction (numerator < denominator)
  • Improper fraction (numerator > denominator)