Example: There is one cake and someone is trying to share the cake amongst 4 people. If there are 4 people in the room that want cake, someone can cut the cake into quarters or eights. Each person can have one or two pieces of cake.
When a whole object is cut into equal sized pieces and shared out, it becomes a fraction. Fractions are made up of a numerator and a denominator.
The numerator is the number above. The numerator shows how people want a piece of the whole. The denominator is the number below. The denominator represents how many pieces of the whole you own.
The denominator number can increase depending on how many people want a piece of the whole. The numerator can increase depending on how many pieces of the whole you own.
LI: to investigate fractions and decimals.
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