Decimals

Decimals are another thing we have been talking about in class lately. Decimals can be very hard to understand at times but it helps us be precise. Decimals are all about place value every place you move to the left the place value is ten times as much as the previous value. Just as every place value you move to the right the place value is 10 times less. This Website has a place value editor to show what I'm talking about. It also has some other quick facts that are worth some time to take a quick look at. Play with it and practice. It's key to understanding how we use decimals.

Fractions

Lately Fractions have been a big topic in class. Whether it's multiplying, adding, subtracting, dividing or reducing. It's a lot to comphrehend if you're not used to doing it. So for this week I looked into a couple websites that explain how to solve equations with fractions. The best one I found is a website strictly dedicated to solving problems with fractions. Here is the website. On the Navigation bar at the top there are places that will take you to how to add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions. It teachs using visual aids like pie charts which is a phenominal way to teach fractions.