A lot of students begin by finding a common denominator for the dividend and divisor when dividing by a fraction. And a lot of teachers intervene by saying, “Remember, you only need a common ...

Dividing Fractions: When dividing fractions, you can achieve the same result by multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. A fraction consists of a numerator and a ...

On his website andertoons.com, illustrator Mark Anderson has a cartoon in which a boy is handing his teacher an assignment. “To show how well I understand fractions,” he says, “I only did half of my ...

A fraction describes how many parts of an object there are. You can use fractions to split a whole number into parts, such as halves or quarters. Fractions can be written in words or as a figure. In ...

Many things, like the weather, can't be predicted with total confidence - but that's where probability comes in. Find out how number columns allow you to take large numbers and subtract one from ...