Miller's Mind training for children Book 3 (of 3) / A practical training for successful living; Educational games that train the senses

by William Emer Miller

Fractions

The first step in fractions are often confusing to children, but need not be if they have been taught to be observing and to watch for the little aids which help over the difficult places.

Nominator and Denominator are two confusing terms to many. If you will show the child that most of the fractions that he has to deal with are proper fractions, and that the Nominator, upper number, is smaller than the Denominator, lower number, and that the same relationship exists between the words.

Nominator
De-nominator

The Denominator is the denomination of the fraction, the Numerator is the number of parts. Let the D of Denominator stand for Down and remember that it is Down (lower) part of the fraction.

Many scholars have difficulty in giving the correct answer to the question, What are the three kinds of fractions? The following is all that is needed to fix the answer in mind.

Give the PROPER answer. If you give the IMPROPER you will be MIXED. These capitalized words are the three kinds of fractions.

Think of a fraction as a part of a whole. When the fraction becomes a whole, or more than a whole, it is Improper. It needs to be changed to make it a unit, or a Mixed fraction, a unit and a part.