I don't understand why schools don't teach the meanings of the words "numerator" and "denominator". They don't mean "top" and "bottom"!
My kids were confused by the school's way of teaching this concept. I explained to them that the numerator enumerates or counts the number of pieces that you have, and the denominator names (from Latin nomen=name) the kind of pieces you have.
I agree that is a really great way to explain it! DD9 keeps saying "numberator" even though she knows that's not right. She'll be delighted to use some of the Latin she has learned (she learned numero recently though we haven't covered nomen yet). Thanks for pointing this out!!
