fraction vocab.

Write 11/25 as a decimal

.55

Write 7/10 as a decimal

.7

Write 1 3/8 as a decimal

1.375

6 2/3 plus 3 1/2 (answer in simplest form)

10 1/6

8 3/4 take away 6 1/2 (answer in simplest form)

2 1/4

Write .4 as a fraction or mixed number

2/5

Write .46 as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form

23/50

Find the GCF of 25 and 200

25

Find the LCM of 10 and 25

250

2 2/5 plus 1 1/10 (answer in simplest form)

3 1/2

Write 3.625 as a fraction or mixed number in simplest form

3 5/8

Find the LCM of 2, 7, and 21

42

Find the GCF of 10 and 25

5

10 1/2 take away 2 1/4 (answer in simplest form)

8 1/4

fraction

a number used to name a part of a group or a whole (ex:1/2)

mixed numbers

a number written as a whole number and a fraction or decimal (ex: 31/2 or 3.5)

Numerator

top part of a fraction.Represents how many parts of that whole are being considered

simplifying

reducing to lowest terms or simpler form. (ex: 5/15 simplified to 1/3)

Denominator

the bottom part of a fraction.Represents the total number of parts created from the whole.

greatest common factor (GCF)

the largest number that divides two or more numbers evenly. factors of 12:1,2,3,4,6,12 factors of 16:1,2,4,8,16 greatest common factor is 4

least common multiple (LCM)

the smallest nonzero number that is a multiple of two or more numbers (ex:find the least common multiple of 4,6,8, multiples of 4 are:4,8,12,16,20,24,28,32,36... multiples of 6 are:6,12,18,24,30,36... multiples of 8 are:8,16,24,32,40 so 24 is the least common multiple!!!