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FRACTIONS: a real PART OF of life. Fractions: Vocabulary (4). Improper fraction When the numerator is larger than the denominator. Proper fraction Numerator is smaller than the denominator. FRACTION: Math Song.
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Fractions: Vocabulary (4) • Improper fraction • When the numerator is larger than the denominator. • Proper fraction • Numerator is smaller than the denominator
FRACTION: Math Song • http://www.transum.org/software/SW/YouTube/Video.asp?Movie=VxpbMg_WASs
SMART FRACTIONS • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-ktFwLGHsU&feature=related
Fraction: Vocabulary (5) • Mixed Number • A whole number and a fraction • GreatestCommonFactor (GCF) • The largest factor of two or more numbers • Fraction in Lowest Terms • a fraction that has been reduced, or divided so far that the numerator and the denominator do not share factors any longer.
Find a set of EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS • 1/5 • 1 x 2= _____ • 5 x 2 = • 1 x 3 = _____ • 5 x 3 = • SET OF EQUIVALENT FRACTIONS FOR 1/5 : • _____ , _______, _______, ______, ______,…
What is the difference between a fraction and a whole number? (Explain using T.A.G. structure)
Ticket Out the Door • Write the fraction 2/4 and label the numerator and denominator? • Draw a picture of 2/4. • Make a set of equivalent fractions for 2/4. (Write 2 or more. Show your work)
Fractions: Vocabulary (2) • Equivalent Fractions • Fractions that name the same number or are of equal value • ½ = 2/4
Fractions: Vocabulary (3) • Simplest Form • A fraction is in simplest from when the numerator and the denominator have no common factor other that 1 • Common denominator • When the denominators in two or more fractions are the same • Least Common denominator • The least common multiple (LCM) of the denominators of two or more fractions.
FRACTION: VOCABULARY • Fraction - a number that represents equal parts to a whole and has a numerator and denominator • Numerator – The top number of a fraction that tells the number of equal parts compared to the number of equal parts in a whole • Denominator – The bottom number of a fraction that tells the number of equal parts in the whole • Whole number – A complete amount lacking no part, member, or element