Sunil Tanna
ASIN: B00N3970NU
Publisher: Answers 2000 Limited
Pages: 140
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.Topics covered include:* What is a fraction* Names of fractions* Fractions as division (converting a fraction into a division calculation and back)* Mixed numbers* Improper ("top heavy") fractions* Converting mixed numbers to top heavy fractions* Converting whole numbers to top heavy fractions* Converting top heavy fractions to mixed numbers* Equivalent fractions* Simplifying fractions* Expressing fractions in their simplest form* Comparing fractions* Adding fractions (including adding several fractions together)* Subtracting fractions* Multiplying fractions (including ...