When my students grow too dependent on their calculators, I ask them to find a number that, when multiplied by itself, gives them 2. Students quickly see that since 1² = 1 and 2² = 4, the answer has ...

The method to divide fractions is to keep the first fraction the same, turn the divide sign into a multiply and turn the second fraction upside down. This is known as multiplying by the reciprocal.

Speaker 1: To get a fraction we need to divide a whole number into parts. In this case I've divided by four to create quarters. Speaker 1: Dividing it into equal parts allows me to create a uniformed ...