MikaDaKitty: Quote: I need some help!
I need help with simplifying and with improper fractions. Is there any trick to doing it any way easier?
Hi Mika,
Well, I don't know about a trick. Knowing your tables would certainly help.
We could work a few together, would that help?
When you write them at home, always write your fractions upright. I can't do it here, which is a real pity.
always copy what I write onto a piece of paper but make your fractions upright, numerator over denominator.
Let's start with an easy one 6/4
Since both numbers are even they can be cancelled down by 2.
That means
6/4 =>( 6divided by 2) / (4 divided by 2) => 3/2
Now, you probably know what 1/2 a cake looks like.
The denominator (the number on the botton) tells you that the cake has been cut into 2 pieces.
The 1 on the top tells you that you have taken 1 of those peices.
So, 3/2 means that you have cut your cakes (there can be more than one cake) into 2 pieces. and you have taken 3 of those pieces. How many cakes do you have. I mean how would your usually say it?
I want you to answer this but i also want you to tell me if this stuff is too basic or not, and if possible, I would like you to offer another question that we could work on together.
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