We are writing in response to an article and subsequent blog post describing what many experts are suggesting is one of the “biggest shifts” associated with the Common Core State Standards for ...

Fractions are the basis for most higher-level mathematics. Students need to master the numerical values in earlier grades to tackle topics like algebra later. There’s only one hitch: Fractions can ...

Dividing Fractions: When dividing fractions, you can achieve the same result by multiplying the first fraction by the reciprocal of the second fraction. A fraction consists of a numerator and a ...

Many children never master fractions. When asked whether 12/13 + 7/8 was closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21, only 24% of a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 US 8th graders answered ...