ACTION STEPS: Memorize this list of answers for the vocabulary of the subject, which can also be found on page 6 of the Guidebook, and let me know when you are ready to give it.
Answers to the Questions:
1. A fraction is a broken part of a whole number.
2. The short horizontal line in a fraction is called a fraction bar.
3. A numerator, top number, representing the pieces being counted in a whole and a denominator, bottom number, represents the amount of pieces in a whole.
4. A proper fraction is less than a whole and improper fraction is more than a whole.
5. A mixed number has a whole number and a fraction.
6. Two equivalent fractions are equal in size and have the same factors.
7. Like fractions have the same denominator.
8. To simplify a fraction means to make the fraction smaller in number by dividing.
9. Convert an improper fraction to a mixed number because it needs to be simplified.
10. Convert a mixed number to an improper fraction because they need to be multiplied or divided.