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In the fraction 5/8 what is the term used to designate the 5?
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In the fraction 5/8 what is the term used to designate the 5?

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in a fraction, when we write the fraction like this:


(a)/(b)

the top one is called "numerator" and the bottom one "denominator"

like this:


(numerator)/(denominator)

so 5 here is the numerator!

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