Life is messy. Numbers are neat. Or so I’ve liked to think. Math has been a comfort zone in times of confusion, a way to pick out signals in the noise, see patterns in chaos. At the least, it could ...

Anyone who has taken high school algebra knows that the only way to increase the value of a fraction is to increase the numerator or decrease the denominator. If the numerator goes up and the ...

MARION - The Ohio State University at Marion and Marion Technical College hosted area high school students in its annual math challenge, and it all added up for the "mathletes," who tallied $15,000 in ...

Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Use visual fraction models to add and subtract fractions with the same denominators. Notice patterns in the ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Common Denominator (formerly known as Top Honors), a New York City-based non-profit that provides free 1:1 math tutoring to middle-schoolers from the city’s underserved ...

Confused by the latest "good news-bad news" headlines about how U.S. students compare in math with their peers in foreign lands? Wondering whether the math program at your child's school is teaching ...

Fractions can be added in different ways: When the denominators are the same, add the numerators. Sometimes the final answer can be simplified. close simplify (a fraction)To reduce a fraction to its ...