8.04 Fraction bars 1
Lesson
Are you ready?
Can you divide $8$8 into $2$2 equal groups? Can you share $24$24 equally between $3$3 groups? Practice this concept below.
We need to equally share these apples between $4$4 people. How many does each person get?
Learn
Fractions are closely related to division. For example, sharing equally between two groups is also called halving. One half can be written as $\frac{1}{2}$12. Let's learn more about halves, thirds, fourths and fifths.
Apply
Here is a fraction bar.
This fraction bar has $\editable{}$ equal parts.
Each part is $\frac{\editable{}}{\editable{}}$ of the whole.
Remember!
When writing fractions:
- The number of equal parts the whole is divided into is the denominator (bottom number).
- The numerator (top number) is how many parts, so shows the value of the fraction.