Content about fractions in elementary mathematics. Exercises, tutorials, problems, and teaching resources for fractions in elementary. Here you will find posts about fractions to make learning mathematics easier and more fun.
May22
Hello! Welcome back to the Smartick blog. In this post, we will look at how to get the sums of fractions. You will see how easy it is for you. To get the sums of fractions, it is necessary that each fraction has the same denominator. Sums of fractions with the same denominator: In this […]
Continue reading »May17
In today’s post, we will learn how to apply Singapore Bars to the addition of fractions. You will see how much easier it is working with bars. If you have not heard about the Singapore method and want to know what it is based on, you can look at our blogs on Singapore bars applied […]
Continue reading »May12
We’ve seen a lot of posts on fractions, for example: Adding Fractions, Subtracting Fractions, Dividing Fractions, and Fraction Equivalents… but what exactly are fractions? What kind of number are they? Today, we are going to look at fractions and rational numbers. All fractions are rational numbers. And, what are rational numbers? They are numbers that […]
Continue reading »May05
Have you ever been told or have you ever read, “It was a quarter of the class,” or “It took me a quarter of what I thought,” or “I have an attendance rate of 25%.” What do we mean by “quarter?” Today we will discuss a quarter: What it is and what we use it […]
Continue reading »May01
Do you remember how to divide fractions? Today we will look at a new method for dividing fractions. On this blog, we have seen two methods for dividing fractions: cross multiplication and inversion of fractions and multiplication. Click here to review the methods of dividing fractions: Cross multiply and inversion. To complete any operation with […]
Continue reading »Apr14
In this post, we are going to learn how to multiply fractions (two or more). To do this, we only have to follow these steps: Simplify fractions: Any numerator can be simplified with any denominator. Multiply fractions in a line: Multiply the denominators to obtain the final denominator and multiply the numerators to obtain the […]
Continue reading »Apr13
In this post, we’re going to take a look at when we can use the rule of 3 as a tool to solve a problem. The rule of 3 is one of the most applicable and most useful mathematical phenomena, above all due to its combination of simplicity and efficiency. We should take into account […]
Continue reading »Mar27
Do you remember a previous post where we looked at two methods for dividing fractions? Review by clicking here. In today’s post, we are going to solve exercises involving dividing fractions with the two methods. You can use the one that you like the most! Afterward, you can practice with the exercises we recommend at […]
Continue reading »Mar13
Today we will look at the classification of fractions: What types of fractions are there? We can classify them according to the relationship between the numerator and denominator. Proper Fraction Those representing a number less than 1. And how are these fractions identified? All fractions that represent numbers less than 1 are characterized by having […]
Continue reading »Mar09
What are equivalent fractions? Equivalent fractions are fractions that represent the same quantity, even though the numerator and denominator are different. For example, we have two identical cakes. From one cake, we eat half a piece and from the other, we eat 2 quarters of a piece, which cake has more left? Exactly! Both cakes […]
Continue reading »Feb24
Do you know what direct proportionality is? What are proportional magnitudes? If you do not already know, in the previous post on our blog, we explain what direct proportionality is and what we can use it for. If you already know that, I challenge you to identify which of these three situations is a direct […]
Continue reading »Feb17
Imagine that you have to solve the following addition problem that combines decimals and fractions: It’s not so easy to add a fraction to a decimal, right? It’s much easier to add fractions to fractions, or decimals to decimals. So, we can do this in two ways: Change the decimal to a fraction. Change the […]
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