Rational Numbers

Question 0

X/Y

Which one is the numerator and denominator?

Answer 0

X numerator

Y denominator

Question 1

What is a rational number

Answer 1

A rational number is the number of the form x/y where x and y are integers and x is not equivalent to 0

Question 2

What does 2/3 means?

Answer 2

The denominator (3) tells you that the whole is divided into 3 equal parts

The numerator counts the number of parts of the whole we want

Question 3

What are Proper fractions?

Answer 3

Fraction where the numerator is less than the denominator

Question 4

What are Improper fractions?

Answer 4

Fractions where the numerator is greater than the denominator

Question 5

What is a mixed number?

Answer 5

Mixed numbers are consist of an integer and a fraction

E.g 5 2/4

Question 6

Express 14/5 into a mix number

Answer 6

14/5

divide 14 by 5
The amount of group that goes into 14 are 2
The remainder is now the numerator and the denominator will be the same …

Ans= 2 4/5

Question 7

Express 3 2/7 as an improper fraction

Answer 7

Multiply the denominator by the integer and add it to the numerator and just copy the denominator

Ans = 23/7

Question 8

What are equivalent fractions?

Answer 8

Both fractions represent the same portion of the whole unit

E.g 3/6 = 1/3

You can also multiply or divide the numerator and the denominator by the same number to get the equivalent fraction

Question 9

State whether these numbers are are improper,mixed,proper

3/3
14/2
7 9/8
3/4
13/5
18/18
1 4/9
1 9/9

Answer 9

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