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Mathnasium Methods Exam Questions And AnswersNaming Fractions - ANSWER 1) Use their names (fifths, fourths)
2) Name is # of pieces in whole
3) Also called denominator
Common mistakes:
- Add denominators (1/9 + 3/9) = 4/18
- Remind them that 9 is the name, not the amount of parts
Ordering fractions - greater than/less than one-half - ANSWER Use fraction milestones
to order them, don't need to find common denominator
Ordering fractions - More in depth than one half - ANSWER Use close to 1 (⅞) or almost
zero (1/20)
If the milestones don't work use LCM
Common mistakes:
- Use common denominators too quickly
- Pick fractions with smaller denominator to be the biggest, because they have bigger
parts
Making Ones Whole - ANSWER How many fifths are in a whole?
Note:
-Remind them that bigger numbers use same concepts, ask them "how many thirtieths
, in a whole?" "How many in half of a whole?"
Improper Fractions and Mixed Numbers - ANSWER - DRAW IT OUT
- Read as 11 fourths rather than 11 over 4
- How many fourths in one whole?
Common mistakes
- Not shading fourths methodically
- Not connecting shaded regions with fraction
Fractional Parts - ANSWER E.g. 3/7 of 49
- What's this bottom number mean?
- What's 1/7 of 49?
- That, times three
Day 5
Common mistakes
- They forget this, but keeping reminding them!
Decimals - ANSWER - Read 45.27 as 45 and 27 hundredths (not point 27)
Common student mistakes
- Confusing tenths with oneths"
Note:
- Show them perhaps what happens when you add .09 and .01 together
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