On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:38 AM, moku...@earthtreasury.org wrote:
Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of
division with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by 1/2)
1/2 goes into 1 twice.
When the divisor OR the quotient are whole, people do use fraction division
in
I wrote:
the inverse of a scaling operation: the quotient is what I
must have started with if I scaled the divisor by the dividend.
Sorry. The last phrase is gobbledygook.
I could have said: the quotient is the number that, when scaled by the
divisor, gives the dividend.
On Thu, July 14, 2011 8:40 am, Maria Droujkova wrote:
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:38 AM, moku...@earthtreasury.org wrote:
Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of
division with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by 1/2)
[Mokurai wrote]
1/2 goes into 1 twice.
When the
On Tue, July 12, 2011 11:23 pm, Steve Thomas wrote:
Looking for ideas on how we can give kids (and adults) concrete
experiences with the concept of fraction.
You do not have to *give* them such experiences. You need to draw
attention to the experiences they have had all their lives.
You do eat
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 11:23 PM, Steve Thomas sthom...@gosargon.com wrote:
Looking for ideas on how we can give kids (and adults) concrete experiences
with the concept of fraction.
Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of division
with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Steve Thomas said:
Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of division
with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by 1/2)
I found a couple of promising lesson plans with a web search:
http://mypages.iit.edu/~smile/ma9703.html
Looking for ideas on how we can give kids (and adults) concrete experiences
with the concept of fraction.
Special bonus points for anyone who can come up with an example of division
with fractions (ex: 1/3 divided by 1/2)
Thanks,
Stephen
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