Often fractions and whole numbers are seen as two entirely separate sets of numbers requiring two separate sets of rules in calculations. This chapter bridges the two imagined separate worlds of fractions and whole numbers, showing that calculations involving them are consistent. There is no need to learn two different sets of rules for them.
The chapter explains:
- Whole numbers to fractions
- Special nature of 1
- Mixed numbers to fractions
- Fractions to mixed numbers
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