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Help With Fractions: Simplifying Fractions
The rules for simplifying fractions are clearly explained at this website. An explanation of how to simplify improper fractions is also included. This is an excellent place to get step by step explanations for working with fractions.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Changing Fractions and Decimals to Percents
This Millionaire Game challenges students to convert fractions and decimals to percents. Students will use decimal notation with denominators of 10 and 100 and convert rational numbers to decimals using long division.
E-learning for Kids
E Learning for Kids: Math: Street Orchestra: Fractions and Percentages
Adolfo loves Music and Math! Did you know musical notes can be expressed as fractions, decimals, and percents?
Primary Resources
Primary Resources: Fractions
An extensive selection of teacher resources dealing with fractions at many different levels. There are worksheets, PowerPoints, smartboard presentations, activities, Excel, Word, and pdf files for the teacher's use.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Rewrite Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Practice writing a fraction as a mixed number and vice versa. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
Other
Dan's Math: Basic Skills Topics
College professor Dan Bach offers a review of various basic topics in arithmetic, pre-algebra, and algebra. Order of operations, exponents, square roots, variables, and combining terms are just a few of the many topics covered.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Subtracting Mixed Numbers With Different Denominators
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students subtract mixed numbers that have different denominators. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [2:49] and a set of practice...
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Center for Game Science: Refraction
Use your knowledge of fractions, to save animals who have gotten stuck in space. Game practices the following concepts: equal partitioning, addition, multiplication, mixed numbers, improper fractions, and common denominators. Teacher can...
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: Multiply and Divide Fractions
This Math Page tutorial explains how to multiply and divide fractions and then features a practice exercise.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Lesson Plans: Fractions
Teachers, this is the place to come for fraction lesson plans if you teach elementary students. All the topics have a number of resources available from which to choose.
Math Words
Math Words: Rational Numbers
Mathwords provides a brief description with an easy to read chart that includes all types of real numbers.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Arithmetic: How to Multiply Fractions; How to Divide Fractions
Students solve fraction multiplication and division problems. To see the answers, learners need to roll their mouse over the colored area.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crumpets Recipe
In this Cyberchase video segment, Shari Spotter gets help from the CyberSquad in doubling a recipe for crumpets.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Subtracting Mixed Numbers With Like Denominators
Brush up on your math skills pertaining to subtracting mixed numbers with like denominators then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Reclaiming the Power
The CyberSquad must equally divide a number of crumpets to reclaim the power stolen by Hacker in this video from Cyberchase.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: The Right Amount of Cupcake Mix
In this video segment from Cyberchase, Bianca doubles the ingredients in a cupcake recipe that includes fractional amounts.