{"id":340,"date":"2012-01-11T20:54:07","date_gmt":"2012-01-11T20:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/?p=340"},"modified":"2014-12-02T08:33:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-02T08:33:50","slug":"introduction-to-fractions-basics-and-types-of-fractions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltutoring.com\/scholarship\/2012\/01\/11\/introduction-to-fractions-basics-and-types-of-fractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction to Fractions: Basics and Types of Fractions"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fraction represents a part of a whole. A fraction is written in the form:<\/p>\n

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where a<\/em> is the numerator, and b<\/em> is the non-zero denominator. The line separating the numerator and denominator is the fraction bar. The numerator represents the number of equal parts and the denominator indicates number of parts make up a whole.\u00a0 For example, in the fraction 3\/8, the numerator 3 represents the 3 equal parts and the denominator 8 tells that the whole is consists of 8 equal parts. The figure below represents the fraction using a rectangle divided into 8 equal parts out of which 3 parts are shaded.<\/p>\n

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The fraction a\/b is read as \u2018a over b\u2019, \u2018a divided by b, \u2018a out of b\u2019, or \u2018a by b\u2019.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s take an example of pizza. If a pizza is cut into 4 parts and you ate 1 part of it, then the fraction 1\/4 represents that 1 out of 4 parts is eaten.<\/p>\n

There are 3 types of fractions:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Proper fractions have numerator is less than denominator e.g 2\/3, 6\/11, 3\/7, 5\/9.<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Improper fractions have numerator greater than denominator e.g. 5\/2, 9\/4, 8\/3, 12\/7.<\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mixed fractions have a whole part and a fractional part e.g. \"\"<\/a>The improper fraction can be converted to mixed number and mixed fraction can be converted to improper fraction.<\/p>\n

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