Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Notice patterns in the ...

Fractions can be added in different ways: When the denominators are the same, add the numerators. Sometimes the final answer can be simplified. close simplify (a fraction)To reduce a fraction to its ...

Over the past year, since I took over the common-core math beat, I’ve been thinking a lot about fractions. As I wrote in November, the Common Core State Standards for mathematics emphasize fractions ...

Duolingo is launching its math app to the public months after a beta version joined the app store. The math app, named Duolingo Math, is the first subject expansion that Duolingo has made beyond its ...

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

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 ...

Math may be your most dreaded subject in school, but solving math riddles outside the pressure of scoring well is always fun. Math as a subject puts forward exciting, out of the box, problems inspired ...

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 ...