2. INTRODUCTION
› FRACTION MEANS A PART OF A WHOLE.
› A FRACTION HAS TWO DIGITS - NUMERATOR AND
DENOMINATOR.
› EX-
1
2
NUMERATOR
DENOMINATOR
3. WRITING FRACTION INTO WORDS
› SOME FRACTIONS IN WORD ARE GIVEN BELOW-
FRACTIONS IN WORDS
(1)
1
4
QUARTER
(2)
1
2
HALF
(3)
3
4
THREE QUARTERS
(4)
1
1
𝑂𝑅 1 WHOLE
4. TYPES OF FRACTION
› LIKE FRACTIONS – FRACTIONS THAT HAVE SAME
DENOMINATOR ARE CALLED LIKE FRACTION.
› EX-
1
4,
2
4
,
3
4
› UNLIKE FRACTIONS – FRACTIONS WHICH HAVE
DIFFERENT DENOMINATORS ARE CALLED UNLIKE
FRACTIONS.
› EX -
1
2
,
2
5
,
6
9
› UNIT FRACTION- FRACTION WHICH HAS ONE AS IT’S
NUMERATOR IS UNIT FRACTION.
› EX-
2
7
=
1
7
+
1
7
5. TYPES OF FRACTION
› PROPER FRACTION – FRACTION WHICH HAS NUMERATOR
SMALLER THAN IT’S DENOMINATOR IS CALLED PROPER
FRACTION.
› EX-
2
3
7
10
› IMPROPER FRACTION – FRACTION WHICH HAS NUMERATOR
GREATER THEN ITS DENOMINATOR IS CALLED INMPROPER
FRACTION.
› EX-
5
3
10
5
› MIXED NUMBER- THE FRACTION THAT HAS A WHOLE NUMBER
AND A FRACTION IS CALLED MIXED NUMBER.
› EX- 3
1
2
6
3
4
6. ADDING LIKE FRACTIONS
› TO ADD LIKE FRACTION WE JUST NEED TO ADD THE
NUMERATORS THE DENOMINATORS WILL BE SAME. TAKE
THE REFERENCE OF THE EXAMPLE GIVEN BELOW-
› 1. ADD
1
5
+
3
5
› ANS-
1
5
+
3
5
= NUMERATOR – 1 + 3
= DENOMINATOR – 5
= ANS-
4
5
7. SUBTRACTING LIKE FRACTION
› TO SUBTRACT LIKE FRACTIONS, THE SAME RULE IS APPLIED
TO ADD THE LIKE FRACTION. WE NEED TO SUBTRACT THE
NUMERATORS AND THE DENOMINTORS WILL BE SAME. TAKE
THE REFERENCE OF THE EXAMPLE-
› 1. SUBTRACT
3
5
-
1
5
› ANS =
3
5
-
1
5
= NUMERATOR = 3 – 1
= DENOMINATOR = 5
= ANS -
2
5