Teachers can get stuck moving students from this organic “parts-of-a-whole” understanding to thinking about fractions as unique numbers, with their own set of operational rules. To move the ...

Work out \(\frac{3}{5} \times \frac{2}{3}\). Work out \(2 \frac{1}{3} \times 1 \frac{1}{2}\). \(2 \frac{1}{3} = \frac{7}{3}\) (\(\frac{2 \times 3 + 1}{3}\)) and \(1 ...

To divide fractions by a whole number, we divide the numerator by the whole number and the denominator stays the same. The calculation is \( \frac{4}{5}\) ÷ 2. We know that 4 ÷ 2 = 2 so we can ...

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