"Students must adopt new rules for fractions very often with well-established ideas about whole numbers. For example, when ordering fractions like numerators, students learn that 1/3 is a lot less than 1/2. With whole numbers, however, 3 is higher than 2." The difficulty students have with fractions mustn't be surprising with the complexity of the concepts involved. Students must adopt new rules for fractions very often with well-established ideas about whole numbers. For example, when ordering fractions like numerators, students Read More...