This class describes the methods used to perform basic mathematical operations using fractions, decimals, and percentages. Concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with ...

Over the past year, since I took over the common-core math beat, I’ve been thinking a lot about fractions. As I wrote in November, the Common Core State Standards for mathematics emphasize fractions ...

Retired engineer and inventor Ed Evenson might have a 0.00001 chance of changing the way math is taught in Illinois, but you won’t catch him giving a half-effort. Evenson, of Rolling Meadows, says ...

Want to help your fifth-grader master math? Here are some of the skills your fifth-grader will be learning in the classroom. Explain or illustrate how you solved this problem. Tip: Highlight ...

Many children never master fractions. When asked whether 12/13 + 7/8 was closest to 1, 2, 19, or 21, only 24% of a nationally representative sample of more than 20,000 US 8th graders answered ...