You Can Do Math: Working With Fractions

You Can Do Math: Working With Fractions

This book is a complete introduction to learning, understanding, and mastering working with fractions (sometimes known as "common fractions", "simple fractions", or "vulgar fractions"), and is based on the author's personal experience providing 1:1 mathematics tuition to both school students and adult numeracy students.<br /><br />Topics covered include:<br />* What is a fraction<br />* Names of fractions<br />* Fractions as division (converting a fraction into a division calculation and back)<br />* Mixed numbers<br />* Improper ("top heavy") fractions<br />* Converting mixed numbers to top heavy fractions<br />* Converting whole numbers to top heavy fractions<br />* Converting top heavy fractions to mixed numbers<br />* Equivalent fractions<br />* Simplifying fractions<br />* Expressing fractions in their simplest form<br />* Comparing fractions<br />* Adding fractions (including adding several fractions together)<br />* Subtracting fractions<br />* Multiplying fractions (including multiplying several fractions together)<br />* Simplifying fraction multiplications<br />* Dividing fractions<br />* Simplifying complex fractions (fractions within a fraction)<br />* How to convert fractions into decimal numbers<br />* How to convert decimal numbers into fractions<br /><br />Every topic is explained in detail, complete with many step-by-step worked examples and diagrams. Additionally. major topics are immediately followed by a set of practice questions (there are well over 300 questions in total in the book), the answers to which can be found at the end of each chapter.<br /><br />In summary, whether you want to learn fractions yourself, or teach your kids fractions, or are a student preparing for exams such as GCSEs or high school maths tests, or are an adult learner wishing to improve your numeracy and knowledge of this important math topic - this book is ideal for you.<br /><br />This book has been specially prepared for use on the Kindle - including taking great care to ensure all math symbols, formulas, and calculations display correctly on the Kindle screen (many other math books do not display math symbols correctly). A color screen is recommended, but not essential - there are a couple of diagrams where the text refers to colors in the picture - but these should still be understandable even on a black and white screen.