Fractions and Decimals

There is a bit of a weird feature to the diversions from fractions to decimals. As the bottom part of the fraction (denomenator) gets larger, the fraction is considered less. Why is this? Well, a fraction is considered a part of a whole, such as a pizza, a pie, or anything that is a whole thing. The denomenator represents how many parts that whole is cut into. So, when the denomenator is a large number, the whole is cut into more pieces. For example, say I have a pizza on my table, and the fraction that is represented is 2/8. So, the pizza is cut into 8 pieces. When you convert this to a decimal, it becomes less because you only get 2 of the 8 pieces from the pizza. It really depends how large both the top number (numerator) and the denomenator are. That 2/8 is now considered, as a decimal, .25 (1/4 equals 25/100 which equals .25). When there is a large difference from the numerator and the denomenator, that means there is more pieces of the pizza (whole) left then what you grabbed (numerator).