By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. In a recent New York Times column, John Paulos, a mathematician at Temple University, discussed the difficulty of ...

When two fractions have the same value, but have different denominators and numerators, they are called equivalent fractions. Equivalent means they are equal. They have the same value. This fraction ...

Divide both the numerator and denominator by their HCF. The fraction has now been simplified. Knowing multiplication and division facts may make simplifying fractions easier. The HCF of 4 and 10 is 2.

Fractions, often perceived as daunting, become manageable with the right approach. Addition and subtraction require finding a common denominator, while multiplication involves directly multiplying ...

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 total women and men in that job class (row percentage) the total for that gender in all job classes (column percentage) the total for all employees. The part of the TABLE statement that defines ...