Fractions

Like and unlike fractions

Gary’s mother bought two similar cakes.

She cut first cake in 8 equal pieces and took 1 piece out.

She took  \(1\over 8\)of the first cake

She cut second cake in 8 equal pieces and took 3 pieces out.

She took \(3 \over 8\) of the first cake.

Since, both cakes were cut into equal sized pieces

Denominator is same for both fractions. We call such fractions like fractions

\(1\over 8\)and \(3 \over 8\) are like fractions.

Like Fractions result in equal sized pieces of the whole. Like fractions are the fractions which have same denominator

Anam’s mother bought two similar cakes.

She cut first cake in 6 equal pieces and took 1 piece out

She took  \(1 \over 6\)of the first cake

She cut second cake in 8 equal pieces and took 1 piece out. She took of the first cake. She took of the first cake. She took of the first cake.

She took  \(1 \over 8\) of the second cake.

Since, both cakes were cut into different sized pieces.

Denominator is different for both fractions

We call such fractions unlike fractions.\(1\over 6\) and \(1 \over 8\)are unlike fractions

Unlike Fractions result in unequal sized pieces of the whole. Unlike fractions are the fractions which have different denominators