Fraction Vocabulary

Question	Answer
whole	Image: one_whole (image/jpg)
whole	complete and not divided
equal parts	parts of a whole that are of equal sizes
denominator	A number that is below the line in a fraction. It shows the number of equal parts into which the whole is divided.
equivalent fractions	two or more fractions that name the same parts of a whole
number line	a line that shows numbers in increasing value from left to right
simplest form	an equivalent fraction whose numerator and denominator cannot be divided by the same number (other than 1)
benchmark	fractions that can be used as a standard in comparisons; common benchmarks for comparing fractions are 0, 1/2 and 1
like fractions	fractions with the same denominators
unlike fractions	fractions with different denominators
equal parts	Image: EqualPartsFractions2ndGrade.ppt.03 (image/jpg)
numerator	Image: numerator.gif (image/gif)
denominator	Image: denominator (image/jpg)
equivalent fractions	Image: equivalent_fractions (image/jpg)
number line	Image: number_line (image/jpg)
simplest form	Image: simplestform.gif (image/gif)
benchmarks	Image: benchmark_fractions (image/jpg)
like fractions	Image: like-and-unlike-fractions (image/png)
unlike fractions	Image: like-and-unlike-fractions (image/png)
unit fraction	a fraction with 1 in the numerator
unit fraction	Image: unit-fraction.gif (image/gif)
fraction	a fraction is a number that names equal parts of a whole
fraction	Image: fractions_3bmu (image/jpg)

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	Created by Lynn Rathbun over 10 years ago