Flashcards
chapter 2 key terms
Cards in this deck (17)
- 1cancellationreducing process that is used to simplify the multiplication and division of fractions
- 2common denominatorto add two or more fractions, denominators must be the same
- 3denominatorthe number of a common fraction below the division line.
- 4equivalenttwo or more fractions equivalent in value
- 5fractionexpresses a part of a whole number
- 6Greatest common divisorthe largest possible number that will divide evenly into both the numerator and the denominator.
- 7highest termexpressing a fraction with a new numerator and denominator that is equivalent to the original
- 8improper fractionsfraction that has a value equal to or greater than 1. numerator is equal to or greater than the denominator
- 9LCDsmallest nonzero whole number into which all denominators will divide evenly
- 10Like fractionsproper fractions with the same denominators
- 11lowest termsexpressing a fraction when no number divides evenly into the numerator and denominator except the number 1
- 12mixed numberssum of a whole number greater than zero and a proper fraction
- 13numeratornumber of a common fraction above the division line (bar)
- 14prime numberswhole number greater than 1 that is only divisible by itself and 1
- 15proper fractionfraction with a value less than 1 numerator is smaller than denominator.
- 16reciprocalthe interchange of the numerator and the denominator. inverted number is the reciprocal
- 17unlike fractionsproper fractions with different denominators