The Mathenæum Blog » fractions http://www.thewessens.net/blog Discussing mathematical explorations, games, and learning Fri, 03 Jul 2015 01:35:49 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.5 Ratios — calculations from the dawn of mathematics http://www.thewessens.net/blog/2015/03/19/ratios-the-super-fractions/ http://www.thewessens.net/blog/2015/03/19/ratios-the-super-fractions/#comments Thu, 19 Mar 2015 08:29:57 +0000 http://www.thewessens.net/blog/?p=316 Ratios and fractions are very similar things, since they are both arise from comparing the relative sizes of quantities. Let’s quickly review what exactly a fraction is. If you think of a “whole” as made up of some number of …

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Ratios and fractions are very similar things, since they are both arise from comparing the relative sizes of quantities. Let’s quickly review what exactly a fraction is. If you think of a “whole” as made up of some number of …

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