🍕 Slice the Pizza

🍕 Pizza A

1/2

slices filled

🍕 Pizza B

1/4

slices filled

1/2 is bigger than 1/4!

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Fractions

Intermediate

A fraction shows a part of a whole. If you cut a pizza into equal slices, each slice is a fraction of the whole pizza!

The two parts of a fraction:

•Numerator — the top number. It tells you how many parts you have.
•Denominator — the bottom number. It tells you how many equal parts the whole was cut into.

📝 Example:1/2 means 1 out of 2 equal parts (a half). 1/4 means 1 out of 4 equal parts (a quarter). 2/4 means 2 out of 4 equal parts.

⚡ Fun Fact:1/2 is bigger than 1/4, even though 2 is a smaller number than 4! That's because when a pizza is cut into only 2 slices, each slice is much bigger than when it's cut into 4 slices.

💡 Tip:A bigger denominator means the whole is cut into more (and smaller) pieces — the opposite of what you might expect!