CHANGING VALUES?

     How come as a denominator gets larger, the fraction's value get smaller?  Well, that's a very good question.  For example, 1/2 is bigger than 1/4, but why is that?  The answer is actually pretty simple.  Say you have a candy bar, and you are going to share it with your friends.  You have 3 friends and then you have yourself.  Well, there are 4 people, so you are going to get a SMALLER piece than you would if you had 1 friend.  See, whatever the denominator represents, when that value gets bigger, the numerator gets a LESSER amount