Identify the NU MER A TOR and DE NO MI NA TOR
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Lyrics to the song
We had one whole delicious apple pie
And 5 hungry people to share that pie
We divided that pie into
5 EQUAL slices
(ya ma, 5 slices)
My share was one slice of that pie
Of the 5 equal slices of the whole pie
I got ONE-FIFTH (1/5) of that pie
And that’s a FRACTION!
A PROPER FRACTION
A fraction has a DE-NO-MI-NA-TOR that goes below the line
Shows how many slices the whole pie has (Five!)
A fraction has a NU-MER-A-TOR that goes above the line
Shows how many slices I have (One!)
(Watch me now)
When the NUMERATOR is greater than the DENOMINATOR
That is what we call an IMPROPER FRACTION
(thirteen over four)13/4
Sometimes we have a whole number
Together with a fraction
A whole number and a fraction – a… a MIXED NUMBER…..
Three and one-fourth
And that’s a FRACTION!!!!..... (ya!)
(From learningupgrade.com)
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Let's see if we can form a fractions from shaded fractions strips
http://www.visualfractions.com/EnterFraction.html
... and now with fraction discs
http://www.visualfractions.com/EnterCircle.html
