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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 ...

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 ...

A fraction is part of a whole that has been divided into equal parts. Fractions represent more than 0 but less than 1. Fractions are written with two numbers, one on top of the other, separated by a ...