We told you there was a lot of vocabulary involved! A unit fraction is a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a positive integer. For example, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, etc., are all unit fractions. Unit fractions are also examples of proper fractions, as they are always le...
Teaching fractions involves teaching students alotof new vocabulary! Two terms your maths students will need to know early on in your lessons are: Proper Fractions —This is a fraction where the numerator (the top part) is less than the denominator (the bottom part). A proper fraction represen...