Question

What is a fraction? please help

Answer 1

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A fraction is a part of a whole.

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A fraction is a part of a whole.

Fractions should be equal parts.

Example: Suppose you have a cake, and you want to divide it equally between your friends.

Let's assume there are 4 people (including you)

So, you take a knife and cut the cake into 4 equal parts.

Everyone gets a part of the cake. If the parts are equal, then we have fractions.

How to Write Fractions

Fractions are written with a numerator and a denominator.

A fraction looks like so:

`\displaystyle(1)/(4)`

In the above example, 1 is the numerator, and 4 is the denominator.

Let's use the cake example to clarify some doubts that you might have.

Suppose we have 4 girls: Angelia, Grace, Violetta and Hope, and a delicious cake.

Angelia takes a knife and cuts the cake into 4 equal parts, and everyone gets
`\displaystyle(1)/(4)` of the cake.

Now, here's what I wanted to tell you:

`\star\star\star` There was a total of 4 pieces of the cake (the denominator shows that),

`\star` Each girl gets 1 out of 4 parts (
`(1)/(4)`)

What does
`\displaystyle(1)/(4)` mean?

It means one-fourth, and it also means this:

There were 4 parts, and one of them was taken.

Hope you find it helpful.

Feel free to ask if you have any doubts, since I know a lot about fractions.

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