In this math lesson, students learn multiple ways to add fractions and about bar modeling. In this lesson, students learn multiple ways to add fractions and how bar modeling simplifies word problems.

“What is a fraction?” asked Denise Pusateri, JPS mathematics coordinator, to a group of fifth and sixth grade teachers. The question may seem to have an easy answer but with the new Common Core ...

Students in Krista Chapman’s sixth grade mathematics class at Carl H. Kumpf Middle School in Clark work together to find equivalent fractions, or two fractions that have the same value. Students ...

A top-rated public university says many of its students can’t round numbers or add fractions.

Under the Common Core State Standards in mathematics, fractions instruction extends across grades 3 through 6, with operations being taught after students have a firm understanding of where fractions ...

Danville Middle School math teacher Sydni Franklin gives a thumbs-up to one of her sixth grade students during class on Tuesday. [JERONIMO NISA/DECATUR DAILY] JERONIMO NISA DANVILLE — You could say ...