Fraction Basics
Fractions consist of two numbers. The top number is called the numerator, the bottom number is called the denominator.
Numerator 3 Denominator 4 So if we have the fraction 3/4, 3 is the number on top, meaning that 3 is the numerator. 4 is the number on the bottom, meaning that 4 is the denominator. To think about what this means you can think of it as 3 out of 4 slices of pizza. The Denominator, 4, of the fraction tells us that there are 4 slices or parts of a whole pizza. The numerator, 3, tells us that 3 slices or parts are being eaten by a very hungry person. |
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One Whole Pizza; 1/1 Four Fourths; 4/4
Here we see that the denominator tells us that one whole pizza is broken up into 4 slices or four fourths.
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