Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association
Volume 41 Issue 1, February 2004
72 – 75
Fractions Are Much More Than Pies
Jerry Ameis
Fraction fun begins as early as Kindergarten where students have been known to say, “Cut the cookie in half and give me the bigger half.” It continues as students encounter fraction notation, fraction equivalency and operations with fractions. Why do fractions seem to be a difficult notion for students?