Every fraction skill, explained the way you'd want it on a revision card: the method in two sentences first, then the steps, fully worked examples and the mistakes students actually make. Pick the operation you need.
How do you add fractions? Make the denominators the same, add the numerators, then simplify.
Read the guideHow do you subtract fractions? Make the denominators the same, subtract the numerators, then simplify.
Read the guideHow do you multiply fractions? Multiply the tops, multiply the bottoms, simplify — no common denominator needed.
Read the guideHow do you divide fractions? Keep the first fraction, change ÷ to ×, flip the second fraction, then multiply.
Read the guideHow do you convert a fraction to a decimal? Divide the numerator by the denominator (3/4 = 3 ÷ 4 = 0.75), or rewrite the denominator as 10, 100 or 1000.
Read the guideHow do you simplify a fraction? Divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor: 6/8 = 3/4.
Read the guideEquivalent fractions are different names for the same amount — 1/2 = 2/4 = 4/8.
Read the guideHow do you turn an improper fraction into a mixed number? Divide the top by the bottom — the quotient is the whole number, the remainder goes over the original denominator: 7/3 = 2 1/3.
Read the guideEquivalent fractions and simplifying come first — they're the machinery everything else uses. Then adding and subtracting (which need common denominators), then multiplying (straight across, no common denominator), then dividing (keep, change, flip). Converting between improper fractions, mixed numbers and decimals slots in alongside.
Adding counts pieces, so the pieces must be the same size first — that's what the common denominator does. Multiplying takes a fraction of a fraction (half of a third), which works directly on the numbers: top times top, bottom times bottom. Mixing the two rules up is the single most common fraction error.
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