Math for Kids
Vidya Narayan Wadadekar
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Using a single multinumber-line segment comparison of two fractions is easier. However, for comparing more than two fractions it is better to use more than one number-line segments.
We will see how to compare fractions with the same numerator using a fractions wall and fractions chart.
There is always one and only one equivalent fraction with lowest terms for all the equivalent fractions with higher terms. We can always get it using same division operation on both the numerator and the denominator of the given fraction. We repeat this process of division until further division of the ...
Diagrams and number lines are also useful in finding out equivalent fractions.
Identifying equivalent fractions using paper expands understanding of fractions drastically.
Identifying equivalent fractions using fraction kits is fun.
A fraction chart is another useful tool for understanding operations on fractions.
Fraction wall is a useful visual tool when working with fractions.
Introducing Fractional Numbers (VII)
If children are familiar with ways of representing fractions pictorially, they usually make no mistakes in comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions.
Introducing Fractional Numbers (VI)
Emphasizing different meanings of fractional numbers by handling actual objects is discussed in this article.