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Fractions

Slice a pizza, and you will have fractions:

/2 (One-Half)

/4 (One-Quarter)

/8 (Three-Eighths)

The top number tells how many slices you have The bottom number tells how many slices the pizza was cut into.

Equivalent Fractions
Some fractions may look different, but are really the same, for example: /8 (Four-Eighths)
4

/4 Two-Quarters)

/2 (One-Half)

It is usually best to show an answer using the simplest fraction ( 1/2 in this case ). That is called Simplifying, or Reducing the Fraction

Numerator / Denominator
We call the top number the Numerator, it is the number of parts you have. We call the bottom number the Denominator, it is the number of parts the whole is divided into. Numerator Denominator You just have to remember those names! (If you forget just think "Down"-ominator)

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