The very word fractions is enough to send a chill down a non-maths specialist's spine and it's safe to say the topic is fraught with misconceptions. Secondary school maths teacher Mel Muldowney points ...

There are some basic properties of numbers any 3rd grader can tell you: Each number is represented by a single symbol, and followed by a single successor. Multiplication makes a number bigger; ...

Unit fractions can be compared by looking at the denominator, or the number of equal pieces the whole has been divided into. The denominator is the number below the division bar. Unit fractions always ...

Speaker 1: To get a fraction we need to divide a whole number into parts. In this case I've divided by four to create quarters. Speaker 1: Dividing it into equal parts allows me to create a uniformed ...