“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

\(2 \frac{1}{2}\) is an example of a mixed number. This is when whole numbers and fractions are written together. Turn \(3 \frac{1}{2}\) into an improper fraction. The fraction in the mixed number has ...

For many elementary teachers, fractions have traditionally sprung to mind lessons involving pizzas, pies, and chocolate bars, among other varieties of “wholes” that can be shared. But in what many ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. When the denominators are the same, add the numerators. Sometimes the final answer can be simplified. close simplify (a ...