TEACHING & LEARNING

Teaching & Learning

Table of Contents

Introduction1

Discussion1

Fractions2

Approach for Solving Fractions3

Conclusion7

References8

Teaching & Learning

Introduction

“Divide and conquer” is a famous saying that explains that divide the problem and you may win it. Whatever we may find is no exception to the rule. Division reduces the size of the problem as multiplication increases it. We may always want to overrun the problems with this. However, be aware dividing anything into very small parts is essential for solving problems. The very small parts of the problem would be difficult to collect; there would be too many problems.

The paper tries to explain that how calculations can be made fun for children for middle schools as mathematical problems make children confused. Therefore, it can be easily understood that we will be talking about fractions. The most difficult mathematical problems are considered to be fractions, for solving the arithmetic. They make their face up every time you cross a new standard of class. They are never away. Almost every concept is explained in terms of a fraction or a rational number which are only another form of the fraction, with certain conditions for the numerator and the denominator. We know that if we count the integers they are never going to end up. However, ever looked at the x-y plane you would know that the integers lay in the sea of fractions-proper or improper. Every minute point between the integers represents a fraction (Petit et al. 2009).

Discussion

The rational numbers are also described as fractions. The limits also take the form of fractions in most of the cases. Most of the problems are complex, because they are fractions, such as the limits where the denominator is either zero or infinity. Even the trigonometric functions are fractions. They have values mostly between 0 and 1. Ratios and the proportions is again a field which exists because of the concept of fractions. We get into problems of what is the result of the ratios after we add a number to the numerator or denominator. Thus, was a brief with the fractions, we will be discussing how to study the fractions.

Fractions

The fractions are always a problem for high school children. There should be a lot of research about how to make the topic easily comprehensible to the children. It should be taken a note that teaching a decimal number system is quite easier for the children to understand. They can easily comprehend the decimal numbers, the addition of it, the subtraction, the multiplication and the division of a number by another decimal number. Every number can be represented as a sum of the powers of ten each multiplied by a factor equivalent to the number in its place. However, the roots to the decimal numbers concept lie in the understanding of the fractions. The digits to the left of the decimal place are after all the fractions with power ten as the denominators (http://gse.berkeley.edu).

With transition of the children from simple arithmetic calculation to the fractions, their arise many confusions in their ...