Fractions

Question 1

What is the numerator?

Answer 1

The number of parts taken

Question 2

What is the denominator?

Answer 2

Number of parts in total

Question 3

What is 3/7 as a worded fraction?

Answer 3

There are 7 pieces in total and we take 3 of them

Question 4

What is a fraction?

Answer 4

A fraction is a part of a whole

Question 5

What is an improper fraction?

Answer 5

A fraction that is too heavy

Question 6

What is a mapped fraction?

Answer 6

A fraction that has both whole numbers and fractions

Question 7

1/4 + 3/8

Answer 7

1/4 = 2/8

2/8 + 3/8 = 5/8

Question 8

3/4 - 1/16

Answer 8

3/4 = 12/16

12/16 - 1/16 = 11/16

Question 9

What is 6/100 as a decimal and as a percentage

Answer 9

6/100 = 0.06 = 6%

Question 10

What is 2/5 as a decimal?

Answer 10

2/5 = 40/100 = 0.4

Question 11

What is 3 1/4 - 1 5/12

Answer 11

3 - 1 = 4
1/4 - 5/12
3/12 - 5/12 = -2/12
(Take away the minus 2)
1 5/6

Question 12

What is 3/8 as a decimal?

Answer 12

0.375
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3/8 = 8 /3

Question 13

When you use ‘of’ what are you doing?

Answer 13

Multiplying

Question 14

What is an integer?

Answer 14

An integer is a whole number

Question 15

1/2 X 2/3

Answer 15

1 X 2 = 2
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2 X 3 = 6 = 1/3

Question 16

When multiplying what must you always do?

Answer 16

Convert into an improper fraction

Question 17

What do you not need to do when multiplying fractions?

Answer 17

You don’t need to convert the numbers to make a common denominator when multiplying

Question 18

What is the reciprocal?

Answer 18

A reciprocal is a number that when multiplied by a given number is equal to 1

Question 19

What is 1/4 the reciprocal of?

Answer 19

4

4 X 1/4 = 1

Question 20

What is 1/3 the reciprocal of?

Answer 20

3

3 X 1/3 = 1

Question 21

What is the reciprocal of 3/4?

Answer 21

3/4 X 4/3 = 3x4/ 4x3 = 12/12 = 1

Question 22

What is 3/1 the same as?

Answer 22

3

Write 3 or you may not get the mark

Question 23

2/3 divided by 1/7

Answer 23

2/3 divided by 1/7 = 2/3 X 7/1 = 14/3

SKIP the 2/3, FLIP the 1/7 and MULTIPLY them together

Question 24

Does 0 have a reciprocal?

Answer 24

No

Question 25

How do you convert a fraction into a decimal?

Answer 25

Divide the numerator by the denominator