“Who would draw a picture to divide 2/3 by 3/4?” asked Marina Ratner, a professor emerita of mathematics at the University of California at Berkeley, in a recent Wall Street Journal opinion piece.

Support your knowledge of this topic by looking at these guides on Lowest Common Multiple and equivalent fractions. Look at the examples below on how to add and subtract fractions and mixed numbers.

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We've shown you the entire overscanned frame so you can see the sprockets and the optical soundtrack The film explains how to divide fractions using a systematic approach. It demonstrates the process ...

Most people break out in a cold sweat when they see fractions. There's something about those little lines and numbers stacked on top of each other that makes even confident adults feel like they're ...