What is the numerator? The numerator is the top number of a fraction and represents the portion within the whole part.
What is the numerator? The numerator is the top number of a fraction and represents the portion within the whole part.
For example:
Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is less than 1 or not:
\( 5:6= \)
In this article, you will learn everything you need to know about the numerator and its function in fractions.
The numerator is one of the components of the fraction, therefore, to better understand what the numerator is, let's first talk about fractions.
A fraction is a number that is composed of two numbers:
The top one which is called the numerator
A fraction bar that represents division
And the bottom number which we call denominator
For example:
The fraction could represent a certain part or even the entirety of a whole number.
Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is less than 1:
\( 7:11 \)
Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the following division is less than 1:
\( 11:8 \)
Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is smaller than 1 or not:
\( 2:1 \)
The numerator represents a certain part within the whole.
For example, in the fraction
,
The numerator 5 represents 5 eighths –> portions or parts within .
Explanatory note as a gift: The in the denominator represents the whole –>
parts or portions
Let's see it illustrated:
Now that you know everything you need about the numerator, let's practice!
Discover the fractions with numerator :
Solution:
In this fraction, the numerator is –> the number located at the top.
In this fraction, the numerator is –> the number located at the top.
Write fractions that have the number in the numerator
Solution:
In the three fractions we wrote, the numerator is . Any fraction you write with in the numerator and with any whole number except in the denominator, will be a correct answer.
Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:
The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, and the number of colored parts represents the numerator.
The circle is divided into 2 parts, 1 part is colored.
Now let's write it and we get:
Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:
The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, and the number of colored parts represents the numerator.
The circle is divided into 3 parts, 2 parts are colored.
Now we'll write and get:
Write the fraction shown in the drawing, in numbers:
The number of parts in the circle represents the denominator of the fraction, and the number of colored parts represents the numerator.
The circle is divided into 3 parts, 1 part is colored.
Now let's write it and we'll get:
What is the marked part?
To know what the marked part is, we need to count how many colored squares there are compared to how many squares there are in total.
If we count the colored squares, we see that there are four such squares,
If we count all the squares, we see that there are seven such squares.
Therefore, 4/7 of the squares are marked, and that's the solution!
What is the marked part?
We can see that there are three shaded parts out of six parts in total,
that is - 3/6
But this is not the final answer yet!
Let'snotice that this fraction can be reduced,
meaning, it is possible to divide both the numerator and the denominator by the same number,
so that the fraction does not lose its value. In this case, the number is 3.
3:3=1
6:3=2
And so we get 1/2, or one half.
And if we look at the original drawing, we can see that half of it is colored.
Without calculating, determine whether the quotient in the division exercise is less than 1 or not:
\( 1:2= \)
My numerator is 8 and my denominator is 11.
Which fraction am I?
My numerator is 3 and my denominator is 8.
Which fraction am I?