Fractions represent quantities that are not whole numbers and are useful for splitting things into parts. Fractions have two numbers, the numerator on top which shows how many parts are being considered, and the denominator on the bottom which indicates how many equal parts the whole was divided into. Mario splits a pizza into two equal halves to share with his brother Antonio, with each half being considered one of two fractions.

1. FRACTIONS

2. A fraction is a quantity that is not a whole number They are useful whenever we need to split things up.

3. Mario uses fractions to split up his pizzas How many parts will he cut it into if he is sharing with his brother Antonio?

4. Mario splits the pizza into two equal parts. Each part is a fraction. We call these parts halves. It is important that they are equal.

5. Which of these shapes are split into halves?

6. One half can be written like this As you can see fractions are made up of 2 different parts. One part on the top and one part on the bottom.

7. The top number is the number of parts The bottom number is the total number of parts The top and bottom parts of the fraction have different meanings.

8. Another name for these parts is The numerator The denominator

9. The numerator is the top part. It shows how many parts of the whole we are talking about. The denominator is the bottom part. It shows how many parts the whole has been split into.

10. FRACTIONS