Addition –When you add fractions with like denominators, you add the numerators together

and keep the denominator the same.

Benchmark FractionsBenchmark Fractions - - Fractions that are commonly used for estimation.

Compare – To see how two or more things are different

Denominator - The number below the fraction bar. The denominator tells the total

number of equal parts.

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5 -denominator

Equivalent fractions – Fractions that name the same region, part of a set, or part of a segment.

Fractions - A fraction is a symbol such as,2/3, 5/1, Or, used to name a part of a whole, a part

Of a set, a location on a number line,Or a division of whole numbers.

Greater thanGreater than – More than the other. One half is– More than the other. One half is greater than two twelths.greater than two twelths.

Half - one of two equal parts

Improper Fraction - A fraction in witch the numerator is

greater than the denominator

7

2

(3 1 )

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June and July – Two out of twelve months in a year.

Kilometer - A metric unit of length is 1000 meters

1 Meter is 1/1000 of a kilometer

Lowest termsLowest terms – A fraction in which the – A fraction in which the numerator and the denominator have no numerator and the denominator have no common factors other than 1.common factors other than 1.

Mixed Number - A whole and a part of a whole

Numerator - The number above the fraction bar in a

fraction. How many are shaded or left.

1 - numerator

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Order - Putting fractions in order from smallest to largest or largest to smallest.

1/2 > 1/3 > 1/4 > 1/5 > 1/6 > 1/8 > 1/10 > 1/12

1/2 > 1/3 > 1/4 > 1/5 > 1/6 > 1/8 > 1/10 > 1/12

QuarterQuarter - A quarter is ¼, of a - A quarter is ¼, of a dollardollar

Reduce - to put a fraction in lowest terms, you have to identify the greatest common factor and divide both the numerator & denominator by the G.C.F. to reduce the fraction to lowest terms.

Sixths - 1/6 of the pizza is gone.

Third - 1 third of a whole

Under–The denominator is under the numerator and tells how many to use.

Variable – A symbol or letter that stands for a number.

Whole - When the numerator and the

denominator are the same.

8, 5, 3, 12

8 5 3 12

X – Twenty four out of twenty six

Yellow hexagonYellow hexagon - if the yellow hexagon - if the yellow hexagon represents 1 whole then a green trianglerepresents 1 whole then a green trianglerepresents 1/6.represents 1/6.

Zero - When nothing out of the denominator

is shaded or left.

0, 0, 0, 0 8 5 3 12