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Tell them that a fraction represents a part of a set, and therefore it is not meaningful without knowing what the total of the set is. Show a set of four balls consisting of three soccer balls and one football. Ask students what fraction of this set of balls are soccer balls. Answer: three-fourths or three quarters.
How is finding a fractional part of set different than finding a fractional part of a whole?
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