This study investigated the recordings of fraction notation, when the number of fractional parts exceeded the whole study, made by 79 Year 4 students from two schools serving quite different communities. Approximately 30% of the Year 4 students changed the name of the denominator when the whole was exceeded by one unit-fraction, for example, the fraction name changed from quarters to fifths when creating 5 quarters. This practice of changing the name of the fractional part when the whole was exceeded was evident in both schools.