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the bottom number, called the denominator, tells you how many total parts you have, say 8 slices of pizza (or cake, if you prefer cake).
\n" ); document.write( "The top number, called the numerator, tells you how many slices are gone (you ate them, or maybe your friends, or someone took them. They are gone).
\n" ); document.write( "Thus, if you see that there is 1/2 pizza left... well, the total pizza would be 2 and there's one missing. But there is a catch here!. Fractions are simplified.
\n" ); document.write( "So, what you are calling 1/2 pizza may have 4 slices left. So the pizza had 8 slices, 8/8, 4 were eaten and you have 4/8 slices. Since both numbers are divisible by 2, you divide and get 1/2. Get it?
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\n" ); document.write( "Mixed number:
\n" ); document.write( "You had a party. You bought several pizzas. Each pizza was divided into 8 slices. At the end of the evening you have two boxes left, one has not been touched and therefore has 8 slices in it. The other has 2 slices left. This means that in total you have 10/8 slices, meaning 1 whole pizza (8/8) plus 2 slices, or 1 2/8 simplify and you get that you have 1 1/4 pizza.
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