Students can go through AP 6th Class Maths Notes Chapter 7 Fractions to understand and remember the concepts easily.
Class 6 Maths Chapter 7 Notes Fractions
→ i. A fraction is a number representing a part of a whole. The whole may be a single object or a group of objects.
ii. When expressing a situation of counting parts to write a fraction, it must be ensured that all parts are equal.
→ In \(\frac{5}{7}\), 5 is called the numerator and 7 is called the denominator.
→ Fractions can be shown on a number line. Every fraction has a point associated with it on the number line.
→ In a proper fraction, the numerator is less than the denominator. The fractions, where the numerator is greater than the denominator are called improper fractions. An improper fraction can be written as a combination of a whole and a part and such fractions are called mixed fractions.
→ Each proper or improper fraction has many equivalent fractions. To find an equivalent fraction of a given fraction, we may multiply or divide both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction by the same number.
→ A fraction is said to be in the standard (or lowest) form if its numerator and the denominator have no common factor except 1.
→ Fraction : A fraction means a part of a group or of a whole. \(\frac{3}{5}\) is a fraction. Here 3 is called the numerator and 5 is called the denominator.
→ Kinds of fractions :
- Proper fraction : A fraction is said to be a proper fraction when the numerator is less than denominator. Ex : \(\frac{2}{7}\), \(\frac{5}{9}\) etc.
- Improper fraction : A fraction is said to be an improper fraction when the numerator is greater than denominator. Ex : \(\frac{7}{2}\), \(\frac{9}{5}\) etc.
- Mixed fraction : An improper fraction can be written as a combination of a whole and a part. Such fraction is called mixed fraction.
