Eleven Plus Maths How To Do – A Proper Fraction
If you share a piece of chocolate between two people so that one person gets one square and the
other gets three squares you have given away 4 squares. You have divided the chocolate into 4
parts.
The whole has been divided into 4 parts and all
4 parts have been taken up.
1 This is one fraction
4
3 This is the other fraction.
4
Each of these fractions is called a proper fraction, because the numerator is less than the
denominator.
8 is a proper fraction
9
9 is a whole number
9
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