Year 7 Chapter 4 - Fractions and percentages

GLOSSARY
Use the blue sections of your text book or the Hotmaths dictionary to
find the definitions of the following terms.
WORD
DEFINITION
EXAMPLE
Tells you how many
Denominator
N
parts the whole is
(4A)
D
divided up into
Tells you how many of
Numerator
N
the divided parts you
(4A)
D
have selected
The horizontal line
Viniculum
separating the
(4A)
numerator and the
denominator
Is less than a who
Proper fraction
The numerator is
2
(4A)
smaller than the
7
denominator
Is the same as a proper
Common fraction
fraction
(4A)
Improper fraction
(4A)

Equivalent fraction
(4B)

Simplifying fraction
(4B)

Is greater than a whole.

The numerator is bigger
than the denominator
Are fractions that mark
the same place on a
number l
They have the same
value
The numerator and
denominator must be
divided by their HCF.
It is a mathematical
convention to write all
answers involving
fractions in their
simplest form.

5
3
1 =
2

=
8

Highest common factor

(4B)

Mixed number
(4C)

The largest number

that is a factor of all
the given numbers

Descending
(4D)

Invert (or Reciprocal)

(4H)

Percent (%)
(4I)

HCF: 4

Is a mix of a whole
number and a proper
fraction

The LCD of and

30, which is the smallest
number that 3, 5 and 6 will
divide into exactly.

Lowest common
denominator
(4D)
Ascending
(4D)

HCF of 4 and 8
Factors of 4: 1,2,4
Factors of 8: 1,2,4,8
Common: 1, 2, 4

Is when numbers are

ordered going up,
Is when numbers are
ordered going down,
from largest to smallest
This is done by swapping
the numerator and the
denominator
(
)

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5

3
5

reciprocal is

75% = =
100

100

100

1 =
4

=%
100