Life gets busy, and sometimes those basic math skills from school days get a little rusty. Whether you're budgeting, measuring for a DIY project, or just having a math-related brain teaser thrown your ...

For instance, \(\frac{2}{9} + \frac{3}{9} = \frac{5}{9}\) or \(\frac{6}{11} - \frac{4}{11} = \frac{2}{11}\). Work out \(\frac{4}{7} + \frac{1}{3}\). Work out the ...

For instance, \(\frac{2}{9} + \frac{3}{9} = \frac{5}{9}\) or \(\frac{6}{11} - \frac{4}{11} = \frac{2}{11}\). Work out \(\frac{4}{7} + \frac{1}{3}\). Create a common ...

On his website andertoons.com, illustrator Mark Anderson has a cartoon in which a boy is handing his teacher an assignment. “To show how well I understand fractions,” he says, “I only did half of my ...

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 ...