The Way We Write Fractions Is a Convention with a Top

Multiple Choice

The way we write fractions is a convention with a top and bottom number with a bar in between.Posing questions can help students make sense of the symbols.All of the questions would support that sense making EXCEPT:

A) What does the denominator in a fraction tell us?
B) What does the equal symbol mean with fractions?
C) What might a fraction equal to one look like?
D) How do know if a fraction is greater than,less than 1?