Fractions: The Whole Story for Android

11 things about Fractions: The Whole Story

1. Because many young learners have difficulty developing the concept of fractions, using pictures of shapes and groups of objects to represent fractions enables young learners to understand their meaning.

2. Usually basic fractions concepts are represented in one of two ways; either by a shape divided into equal parts with some of the parts shaded, or by presenting a group of objects with some of the objects different in some way.

3. In the era of computers and calculators, why is it important for students to learn fractions? A student must understand fractions in order to learn algebra and geometry.

4. First, it is important for the child to understand that traditional representations of fractions have three parts: the numerator, the fraction bar and the denominator.

5. In addition to recognizing the parts of a fraction, young learners need to understand the meaning of each part and its relationship to the whole.

6. How can you help a young learner understand fractions? Talk about the meaning of fractions by pointing out examples in your environment.

7. In order to use Least Common Multiple (LCM) to compare and add fractions students must know the multiples of two numbers.

8. How many cars in a row of the parking lot? What fraction are white cars? Point out how fractions are used when following a recipe or measuring wood for a building project.

9. Proper fractions are used to represent parts of a whole.

10. You’ll be amazed at how much a student will learn just by talking about fractions in everyday life.

11. How quickly students learn to work with fractions depends on many factors.