Introduction: Arithmetic With Fractions
What you'll learn to do: perform arithmetic with fractions
One of the most common things people forget from arithmetic is how to add and subtract fractions. This section will remind you how to do this. You will also get to practice both adding and subtracting fractions as well as multiplying and dividing them. As you work through the rest of this course, remember to come back to this section for a quick reminder of these skills if the process becomes fuzzy. The specific things you'll learn in this section include:- Find the common denominator of two or more fractions
- Use the common denominator to add or subtract fractions
- Simplify a fraction to its lowest terms
- Multiply two or more fractions
- Multiply a fraction by a whole number
- Find the reciprocal of a number
- Divide a fraction by a whole number
- Divide a fraction by a fraction
Learning Activities
- Read: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- Self-Check: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
- Read: Multiplying Fractions
- Self-Check: Multiplying Fractions
- Read: Dividing Fractions
- Self-Check: Dividing Fractions
Licenses & Attributions
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- Learning Activities. Authored by: Lumen Learning. License: CC BY: Attribution.
