2007-04-07 08:25:05 · 6 answers · asked by anwar_muslim_yahya_2007 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
A fraction consists of two numbers written one over the top of the other.
Examples:
5/7 and 11/3
The bar line is equivalent mathematically to a division sign.
When the upper number (called the numerator) is less than the lower number (called the denominator), the fraction is a proper fraction.
When the numerator is greater than the denominator, the fraction is an improper fraction, because it can be reduced to an integer and a proper fraction.
11/3 is equivalent to the integer 3 plus the proper fraction 2/3.
Proper fractions have a value less than 1.
2007-04-07 08:35:29 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A fraction is a number which contain a numerator and a denominator and there are also mixed fractions
example 3 numerator
8 denominator
3 4/7 example of a mixed fraction
2007-04-07 15:43:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fraction, a number, such as or , that is not a whole number but that is formed by dividing one quantity by another. The top number of a fraction is called the numerator, while the bottom number is called the denominator. Fractions represent portions of a whole. If you cut an apple into four equal pieces and then eat one piece, for example, the fraction describes the uneaten portion of the apple: You still have three out of a total of four pieces.
2007-04-07 20:51:42 · answer #3 · answered by white_phant0m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In mathematics, a fraction is a way of expressing a number of equal parts. A fraction consists of two numbers, a numerator which gives the number of equal parts and a denominator which gives the number of those parts that make up a whole. For example, the fraction 3⁄4 could be used to represent three equal parts of a cake, where the whole cake is divided into four equal parts.
2007-04-07 15:38:58 · answer #4 · answered by Steve A 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We use fractions to express a part of something or a ratio of two numbers. There are a few website that you could check out regarding this and any other math topic. Here are just a couple:
mathforum.org
purplemath.com
mathleague.com
http://www.kidsolr.com/math/fractions.html (this one will take you straight to fraction section)
2007-04-07 15:52:52 · answer #5 · answered by Ana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fractions are things that you have to spend hours and hours wrestling with at school, when you have finally got to grips with it, after being humiliated time and time again by your teacher in front of all your friends, it is time to leave school!
When you leave school and go out into the big wide world of work, you realise that computers and calculators work these things out for you, sometimes automatically and you never have to worry about fractions again!
But it does keep mathematic teachers off the streets! During the day at least!
At night they roam the streets in gangs, sucking the blood out of homeless people!
2007-04-07 15:37:58 · answer #6 · answered by snapdragon747 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋