Fractions - What is one-half plus one-third?

Review Sheet - Yellow Pages

• This is a comprehensive review of fractions, decimals, and percents
  • Word (.docx) format
  • Word (.doc) format
  • PDF format

Online Applets

• Fraction Model - from NCTM
• Percentages - Solve __% of __ is __ problems. ("What percent of a number is a number") IXL only allows you to use if for 10 minutes per day.
• Percent word problems - IXL
• Percent change problems - IXL

Online Games

• Match Fraction-Decimal-Percent
• Fraction Sorter
• Fraction Four* - Two-person game.

Online Practice

• Fraction Quiz - Test your fraction skills, including decimals and percentages. You may choose difficulty level, question types, and time limit. (Similar format to Arithmetic Four* above.) Five type of questions to choose from: (1) Fraction asks you to +, -, x, ÷, fractions and mixed numbers, and determine which quantity is smaller; (2) Percentage has you find a percent as in "16 is what percent of 20" or find percent of a number as in "75% of 28"; (3) Percent<->Decimal has you convert from fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions; (4) Fraction<->Percentage asks you to convert to a percent; (5) Algebra asks you to solve basic algebra questions with fractions (including proportions).
• Fractions at AAA Math - Variety of ways to practice and play games.

My PFD Page

Percents Fractions and Decimals (PFD) – Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning

Happy Birthday Song

The Happy Birthday Song is a good way to learn and remember to use common denominators. (I'm still fixing the graphics and the Word file...)

"Happy Birthday Song"

Verse 1   

You must have common denominators,
You must have common denominators,
To add or subtr-act,
You must have common denominators.

Verse 2

You must have like units,
You must have like units,
To add or subtr-act,
You must have like units.

Verse 3

You must have like terms,
You must have like terms,
To add or subtr-act,
You must have like terms.

Verse 4  

You must have like radicals,
You must have like radicals,
To add or subtr-act,
You must have like radicals.

James R. Olsen, Ph.D. ~ Western Illinois University
URL: www.wiu.edu/users/mfjro1/wiu/MathFundamentals/fractions/fractions.htm
updated: September 28, 2022