As teachers, we all want our students to understand those concepts underpinning addition and subtraction of fractions— the concept of equivalent fractions, in particular. These resources offer teaching ideas on both the concepts and the skills, including demonstrations of addition and subtraction as well as problems for practice. I looked hard for material that would visually or interactively engage middle school students. If you have ideas to share on how you teach these operations, please use

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This episode of Notepad Tutor that is part of the Pilot Math 4 series explains how to relate decimals and fractions using base 10 blocks. Pilot Math is a classroom resource that combines traditional print textbooks and workbooks with online media. Follow the Pilot Math characters; Cameron, Alyssa, Daksha, Zach, Lian, and Nina as they explore math with their teaching computer, Ed.

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Notepad Tutor – Relating Decimals to Fractions (to hundredths)

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http://www.RightBrainMath.com/ A second grade student learns to multiply and create the multiplication table in one hour in this patent pending system. She also learns division, addition, subtraction, factors, squares, fractions, tables and graphing. This shows how to teach using the book, EZ Times Table. It was written by Tom Biesanz and illustrated by Jakob Marsh.There are also playful patterns for creating the Ones, Twos, Threes, Fours, Sixes (five different ways) Sevens, Eights, Nines, and even the whole times table on a blank table. Kids, Teachers, Parents, and schools will benefit from this fun way to approach the times table that creates a positive attitude about math. The editor of Curriculum Review magazine says, “I like the book [EZ Times Table] because it is user-friendly and can be utilized with a variety of grade-school children.” See the book EZ Times Table available on Amazon.com and on the website http://RightBrainMath.com.

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Teaching the decimal system to elementary children might seem like a daunting task on the surface but there is a simple solution right in your wallet or purse…money! Because both the decimal system and American currency are both rooted on a base 10 system and children are introduced to money at an early age, it makes learning the decimal system an easier task to teach. Here is a fun way to teach decimals to elementary school students. Set up a classroom market or store.
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NOTE: Correction to this problem. Youtuber LddStyx pointed out that I forgot to “kill a 7 in the brakedown of 35″ so the final answer to this question should be 143/12 … Thank you LddStyx for the good eye.

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The Language of Mathematics 12: Multiply and Divide Fractions

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The Language of Mathematics 13: Adding and Subtracting Fraction

Times tables?

Knowing the times tables is just a shortcut. if you understand the math, you don't need to know the tables as you can always work out the answer. But you must know one or the other, lest you end up unable to manage your finances and people steal

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