Some fractions can be made 'simpler'. Simplifying means that the numerator and denominator can be smaller numbers. But the overall value of the fraction is not changed. Complete this interactive ...

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Many children never master fractions. When asked whether 12/13 + 7/8 was closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21, only 24% of a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 US 8th graders answered ...

Just hearing the F word can cause kids (adults too) to freak out. And if you think about it, there are lots of reasons students feel flummoxed by fractions. For one thing, there’s the misleading ...

Fractions are a notoriously tricky part of elementary math education for many children. Too often teachers struggle to ensure students are grasping the conceptual underpinnings of this complicated ...

Educational research indicates that error reflection, especially reflection on incorrect examples, has a positive effect on knowledge acquisition. The benefit of ...

Divide both the numerator and denominator by their HCF. The fraction has now been simplified. Knowing multiplication and division facts may make simplifying fractions easier. The HCF of 4 and 10 is 2.