Slicing the Cake

Welcome to the Fraction Bakery!

What is a Fraction?

A fraction represents equal parts of a whole object or a whole set.

1/2

A "Whole" divided into 2 equal parts

3

4

The Top number tells us how many parts we are counting (the slices we eat!).

The Bottom number tells us how many equal parts make up the whole (the total slices in the box).

3/4

3/6

0

1/3

2/3

1

1/3

If I bake a tray of 8 cookies and 5 of them have chocolate chips, what fraction of the cookies have chips?

Numerator: ___

Denominator: ___