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What part of a fraction that tells how many pieces are in the whole?
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∙ 13y ago
It depends. If you mean how many pieces there are in all, It's the denominator. But if it is how many pieces are left in a whole, it's the numerator.
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What does the bottom number in a fraction tell you?
The bottom number in a fraction (the denominator) Tells you how many pieces A whole is cut up into.
Why is a fraction that has both the same numerator and denominator equal to 1?
In a fraction, the bottom number tells how many pieces the whole thing was cut up into,and the top number tells how many of the pieces were taken.If you cut up the whole thing into any number of pieces, and then take the same numberof pieces, you have taken the whole thing.
What does the top number in a fraction tell you?
The top number tells how many of the pieces you're taking, after you've cut up the whole thing into the bottom number of pieces.
What is the number that tells how many parts are in a whole?
It is the denominator of a fraction
Which number in fraction tells how many parts in whole?
The Denominator
What is fraction with a denominator of 1?
Any fraction that has a denominator of one is a whole number. Remember the numerator tells you "How many pieces out of" and the denominator tells you the "Total number of pieces per whole". Therefore any number over 1 is the numerator.1/1 = 12/1 = 23/1 = 34/1 = 45/1 = 5 and so on.
How the numerator and denominator of a fraction are related?
The denominator is how many pieces are in a whole, or one, while the numerator is the number of pieces you have of the whole.
What does a denominator tell us?
The denominator is how many equal pieces that one whole unit is divided into. The numerator tells how many of those equal pieces is measured. So in the fraction 3/5, the unit is divided into 5 parts and you have 3 pieces of the whole.
What does the numerator of a fraction tell you?
The numerator tells us how many pieces are being considered.
The part of a fraction that tells how many equal parts are in the whole?
The denominator.
What is a number in a fraction that tells how many equal parts are in a whole?
the denominator
What part of a fraction tells how many parts in a whole are of interest?
The numerator
