Division, shares and parts

If a whole is split into equal parts, each part is called a share. The name of a share depends on how many parts the whole was split into: 2 parts – a half, 4 parts – a quarter (one fourth), 10 parts – one tenth. A part of a number can be made of several shares. We write it in two storeys: under the line, how many parts the whole was split into; above the line, how many of those parts were taken. For example 3/4 is read “three fourths”.