If a cake is cut into 8 equal slices and you eat 2 slices, what fraction of the cake did you eat? Explain which number is the numerator and which is the denominator.

You ate 2/8 of the cake. 2 is the numerator (the part you ate) and 8 is the denominator (the total number of slices).

What Are Fractions? Lesson Plan for Grade 3rd Grade

I can identify fractions as equal parts of a whole.

1
A fraction shows parts of a whole.
2
The numerator is the top number of a fraction and shows how many parts we are talking about, while the denominator is the bottom number and shows the total number of parts.
3
If a pizza has four parts, and Kelly eats one part, Kelly ate one-fourth of the pizza.