What Have We Discussed ?

1. A is a number representing a part of a whole. The whole may be a single object or a group of objects.

2. When expressing a situation of counting parts to write a fraction, it must be ensured that all parts are .

3. In 57, is called the numerator and is called the denominator.

4. Fractions can be shown on a number line. Every fraction has a point associated with it on the number line.

5. In a proper fraction, the numerator is lessmore than the denominator. The fractions, where the numerator is greaterlesser than the denominator are called improper fractions.

6. An improper fraction can also be written as a combination of a whole and a part and such fraction are then called mixedcombined fractions.

7. Each proper or improper fraction have many equivalent fractions. To find an equivalent fraction of a given fraction, we need to multiply or divide both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction by samedifferent number.

8. A fraction is said to be in the simplest (or lowest) form if its numerator and the denominator have no common factor except .