Arithmetic Grade Four

Lesson Sixty-one: Fraction Pictures

FILLED IN CIRCLES: 4 TOTAL CIRCLES IN GROUP: 12 FRACTION: 4/12
FILLED IN CIRCLES: 3 TOTAL CIRCLES IN GROUP: 6 FRACTION: 3/6

When we read fractions, how to we say them out loud?

FRACTION	SAYING IT WITH OVER	SAYING IT WITH TH
3/4	three over four	three-fourths
7/8	seven over eight	seven-eighths
2/5	two over five	two-fifths
9/10	nine over ten	nine-tenths

A common example used to explain fractions is that of a pizza.

  Let's say that you have a pizza cut into 8
  equal pieces and that you eat 3 of those
  pieces. You could then say that you ate 3/8
  of those pieces.

  Let's say that you have a pizza cut into 10
  equal pieces and that you eat 4 of those
  pieces. You could then say that you ate 4/10
  of those pieces.

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