Category: Teaching Fractions

Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 7

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Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 6

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Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 5

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Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 5

Elementary Fractions: How sweet they are!

Any elementary school teacher will tell you that teaching their students fractions is one of the most difficult exercises that they can perform. At this age the young student’s relationship with numbers is a tenuous one. The standard use of pie charts and colored bar sections while effective for some students, sometimes a more innovative approach is needed to help their understanding of fractions and their equivalents.

Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 3

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Beyond Slices of Pizza: Teaching Fractions Effectively, part 2

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Instructional video: Reducing Fractions

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Notepad Tutor – Relating Decimals to Fractions (to hundredths)

This episode of Notepad Tutor that is part of the Pilot Math 4 series explains how to relate decimals and fractions using base 10 blocks. Pilot Math is a classroom resource that combines traditional print textbooks and workbooks with online media. Follow the Pilot Math characters; Cameron, Alyssa, Daksha, Zach, Lian, and Nina as they explore math with their teaching computer, Ed.

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Instructional video: Multiply and Divide Fractions

NOTE: Correction to this problem. Youtuber LddStyx pointed out that I forgot to “kill a 7 in the brakedown of 35” so the final answer to this question should be 143/12 … Thank you LddStyx for the good eye.

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Instructional Video: Adding and Subtracting Fraction

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The Language of Mathematics 13: Adding and Subtracting Fraction