Fractions, often perceived as daunting, become manageable with the right approach. Addition and subtraction require finding a common denominator, while multiplication involves directly multiplying ...

Students will find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators. Students will join Ms. MacDonald to find common denominators to help add fractions with unlike denominators.

Locate the fraction on the fraction wall. Draw a vertical line to the right of the fraction. Create a fraction wall by starting with one whole. Then create several ...

“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.

Most people break out in a cold sweat when they see fractions. There's something about those little lines and numbers stacked on top of each other that makes even confident adults feel like they're ...

Locate the fraction on the fraction wall. Draw a vertical line to the right of the fraction. Create a fraction wall by starting with one whole. Then create several ...