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How do you break down a fraction with a whole number?
You break down fractions into whole numbers by dividing their numerator by their denominator.
Why can you put a whole number over 1?
Whole Number Over One If your whole number is 30, your fraction would be 30/1. The fraction is equal to 30, so you have not changed the number at all; you are just representing it in a different way. You can change any whole number into a fraction this way, but you always need to leave 1 as the denominator.
When is a fraction equal to a whole number?
If the top number and the bottom number of a fraction are the same, then the fraction is equal to 1. That’s because you have every part of the fraction, or one whole thing. This is sometimes known as a whole fraction. So if you had eight slices of pizza out of eight total, you’d have one whole pizza. Let’s look at another example: 8/8 and 2/2.
Which is the bottom number in a fraction?
As you saw in the slideshow, the bottom number, or denominator, is the number of parts a whole is divided into. In our pizza example, we said each slice was 1/8 of the pizza. The denominator was 8, since the pizza was divided into 8 slices. The top number, or numerator, refers to a certain number of those parts.
How do you get fractions of the same number?
To get equivalent fractions of any given fraction: We can multiply both the numerator as well as the denominator of the given fraction by the same number. And for division, we can divide both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction by the same number.
How to compare unit fractions to fraction wall?
A fraction wall is a common way to show the size of fractions. We will use the fraction wall to compare unit fractions. We can divide one whole into two equal parts to make 1 / 2 . We can divide one whole into three equal parts to make 1 / 3 . We can divide one whole into four equal parts to make 1 / 4 .