This short course which is the second in this series, goes over in detail the basic maths needed to understand fractions. It will look at addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of fractions. The course takes a step by step approach that will systematically build up your understanding of fractions and lead on to an understanding of percentages. This will enable the student to tackle new problems with confidence.

The concept of a “fraction” is abstract and so this course will use concrete manipulatives to give an easy visual understanding to the student. For example, using cakes to show that some fractions are part of a whole or maybe pizza. Providing an image to go with the concept makes the topic far more understandable and helps the student to gain confidence in that area of Maths thinking. The use of ordinary everyday things such as food helps to make difficult concepts much easier to understand.

Using games such as dice and cards will also be used in further courses in this series especially as it goes on to cover probability and chance outcomes. Learning how to use fractions competently is a foundation topic for many other areas of Mathematics and so this course will be an ideal foundation to proceed from. It is very important in studying Maths to go systematically, preceding from one step to another in small increments and this is how this course proceeds. A bit like going on stairs, just one step at a time.

This course will enable the student to tackle new problems with confidence and goes over in detail the basic maths needed to understand how to answer Maths questions. It then goes on to show how these basic techniques are built upon.

This will enable the student to tackle similar Maths problems using the same basic techniques. You will learn how to use basic operations to solve practical problems.

This course is also an ideal way to revise basic topics in maths no matter what level you are. A revision of basic topics is essential before embarking on the next levels of Maths.