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 ...
A year after he started his Ph.D. in mathematics at McGill University, Matt Bowen had a problem. “I took my qualifying exams and did absolutely horribly on them,” he said. Bowen was sure that his ...
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 ...
Why not try another fractions quiz? The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE maths students studying ordering fractions, using fractions, multiplying and dividing fractions, fraction ...