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Which fraction is smaller? 2/10, 2/7
3/4 + 5/14
7/16 - 3/8
5/8 X 14/5
Six children share of a pizza equally. What fraction of the
pizza does each child get?
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Answer:
It’s your birthday and mom has ordered pizza for you and your friends. When the pizza arrives, you open the box and find that it is cut into slices. Let’s assume that there are 8 slices and you have 7 friends. So, there are 8 people who are going to eat the 8 slices of the pizza.
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How much does each person get? Well, if we divide the entire pizza into eight equal parts, then each person gets 1/8 or one-eighth of the pizza. The pizza can be cut into a different number of equal slices creating different fractions. (Like a 6-slice pizza or a 4-slice pizza or a 12-slice pizza)
Fractions on a Number Line
Fractions can also be shown on a number line just like whole numbers. Let’s try and plot 1/2 on a number line. Now, we know that 1/2 is greater than 0 but lesser than 1. Hence, it lies between 0 and 1. Further, since the denominator is 2, we divide the distance between 0 and 1 into two equal parts. Refer diagram below:
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Let’s look at one more example. How can we show 2/3 on a number line? Again, we know that 2/3 is greater than 0 but less than 1 (since the numerator is smaller than the denominator). Next, since the denominator is 3, we divide the distance between 0 and 1 into three equal parts. Now, 2/3 is two parts out of these three parts as shown below:
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Proper, Improper and Mixed Fractions
In a fraction there are two simple possibilities:
The numerator is smaller than the denominator
The numerator is bigger than the denominator
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Proper, Improper and Mixed fractions
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Proper Fraction
When the numerator is smaller than the denominator, it is a Proper Fraction. These fractions are less than 1 and none of them lies beyond 1 on the number line. The denominator represents the number of equal parts in which the whole is divided.
And, the numerator represents the number of these equal parts that are considered. The example of the pizza stated above with each person getting 1/8th of the pizza shows a proper fraction.