We present a case study of teaching and learning fraction addition on number lines in one 6th-grade classroom that used the Connected Mathematics Project Bits and Pieces II materials. Our main ...

How students are introduced to fractions in early grades affects how they approach more complicated mathematics—like algebra—in higher grades. It’s crucial that students learn how fractions behave ...

Fractions are the basis for most higher-level mathematics. Students need to master the numerical values in earlier grades to tackle topics like algebra later. There’s only one hitch: Fractions can ...

NARRATION:Back in the deepest, darkest depths of time, there lived a great mathemagician called Hypatia. Numbers fell under her spell one by one. With them, Hypatia could do anything. Now Hypatia is ...

It is easy to add fractions when the numbers on the bottom are the same. All you need to do is add the tops of the fractions together. So \(\frac{2}{9} + \frac{5}{9} = \frac{7}{9}\) Sometimes you need ...

One of the first things children master along with their ABC's are their one-two-threes. But when children move beyond whole numbers and are introduced to fractions, understanding parts of a whole, ...