Question

How can we understand fractions?

• A. Subtraction of consecutive numbers
• B. A number which is written like a division problem
• C. Addition of consecutive number
• D. Any positive number

Answer 1

The correct option is B

A number which is written like a division problem

A fraction (from Latin: fractus, "broken") represents a part of a whole.

It can be understood as a number, which depicts the division of an integer by another, and the resulting quotient represents the quantity of each part, when the number of objects in the numerator is distributed equally into the number of parts depicted by the denominator.

For example, the fraction $\frac{4}{5}$ states that 4 is divided by 5.

We can imagine 4 apples shared equally among 5 people.

Each person gets ${\frac{4}{5}}^{th}$ of an apple.