Looking at this fraction is a little bit different than looking at the other complex fractions that we've dealt with. However, we can make it look like the other complex fractions. But first of all, ...

The common mistake number five is that students often flip the denominator or multiply by the reciprocal too early. Let me go ahead and show you the mistake that you look at a complex fraction and say ...

Each term in the first bracket has to be multiplied by each term in the second bracket. One way to do this is to use a grid: The four terms cannot be simplified because each of the surds has a ...

A lot of students begin by finding a common denominator for the dividend and divisor when dividing by a fraction. And a lot of teachers intervene by saying, “Remember, you only need a common ...

Speaker: Ratio is a way of showing how many types of one thing there are compared to another. There are 5 biscuits here. 4 cookies and 1 shortbread. So the ratio is 4 cookies to 1 shortbread. (4:1) ...