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Mar27

Review and Practice the Two Methods of Dividing Fractions

Do you remember a previous post where we looked at two methods for dividing fractions? Review by clicking here. In today’s post, we are going to solve exercises involving dividing fractions with the two methods. You can use the one that you like the most! Afterward, you can practice with the exercises we recommend at […]

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Mar13

Types of Fractions: Proper, Improper, Fractions Equal to One

Types of Fractions: Proper, Improper, Fractions Equal to One

Today we will look at the classification of fractions: What types of fractions are there? We can classify them according to the relationship between the numerator and denominator. Proper Fraction Those representing a number less than 1. And how are these fractions identified? All fractions that represent numbers less than 1 are characterized by having […]

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Mar09

Learn about Equivalent Fractions and Practice!

Learn about Equivalent Fractions and Practice!

What are equivalent fractions? Equivalent fractions are fractions that represent the same quantity, even though the numerator and denominator are different. For example, we have two identical cakes. From one cake, we eat half a piece and from the other, we eat 2 quarters of a piece, which cake has more left? Exactly! Both cakes […]

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Feb17

Combining Decimals and Fractions

Imagine that you have to solve the following addition problem that combines decimals and fractions: It’s not so easy to add a fraction to a decimal, right? It’s much easier to add fractions to fractions, or decimals to decimals. So, we can do this in two ways: Change the decimal to a fraction. Change the […]

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Jan25

Learn and Practice How to Subtract or Add Fractions

In order to subtract or add fractions, we must have the same denominator. We can see this in different cases: Subtract or add fractions with the same denominator: If both fractions to be added or subtracted have the same denominator, we leave the same denominator and add or subtract the numerator. We are going to look […]

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Jan11

Learning How to Subtract Fractions

Learning How to Subtract Fractions

In this post, we are going to see how to subtract fractions, but for that, you first have to know what the denominator and numerator of a fraction are. The numerator is the number that is written on top of the fraction and the denominator is the number written on the bottom of the fraction. […]

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Nov23

Two Ways of Dividing Fractions and Some Examples

In this post, we are going to learn how to divide fractions. In order to do this, we are going to take a look at two different methods: Method 1 for dividing fractions: Cross-multiplication This method consists of multiplying the numerator of the first fraction by the denominator of the second fraction and then writing […]

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Sep29

Practice Estimating Fractions with Examples

Practice Estimating Fractions with Examples

Today we will practice estimating fractions! We’re going to look at the types of problems below: Problem 1:  Estimating Fractions. To get a better idea, we’re going to represent the fractions with bars. Let’s start with the first fraction. We can see that the fraction is much closer to 0 than it is to 1. If […]

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Sep23

How to Simplify Fractions: Lowest Terms Fractions

In this post, we are going to learn how we can calculate the lowest terms fractions by reducing them. Before we start, let’s see what lowest terms fractions are: lowest terms fractions are fractions that cannot be simplified further. How do we find the lowest terms of a fraction? There are two methods: Method 1: Divide […]

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