Do you like doughnuts? What flavor of doughnuts do you like? Why?
Today you are going to learn how to identify the fraction of a part in a group.
Read the question.
What fraction of the doughnuts have strawberry frosting?
To find out the answer, we have to identify the two parts of a fraction: numerator and denominator.
numerator
denominator
The denominator shows the total number of things in a group.
In the picture, there are three doughnuts so the denominator is 3.
numerator
3
The numerator shows the number of particular things in a group.
There are two doughnuts with strawberry frosting so the numerator is 2.
There are two doughnuts with strawberry frosting so the numerator is 2.
2
3
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The answer to the question:
"What fraction of the doughnuts have strawberry frosting?"
is
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The answer to the question:
"What fraction of the doughnuts have strawberry frosting?"
is
2
3
Can you answer these questions? Give them a try!
1. What fraction of the spoons is blue?
2. What fraction of the cakes is purple?
3. What fraction of the cupcakes have sprinkles?
4. What fraction of the shirts are yellow?
5. Ana bought 20 ribbons. Seventeen ribbons were red. What fraction of the ribbons are not red?