Key learning points

1. Proper fractions represented in diagrams can be written as numbers.
2. Improper fractions represented in diagrams can be written as numbers.
3. Some fractions represented in diagrams cannot be written as numbers.

Keywords

• Numerator - The expression in a fraction that is written above the fraction line. It is the dividend.

• Denominator - The expression in a fraction that is written below the fraction line. It is the divisor.

Common misconception