Delta-K,  Research,  Volume 44, Issue 2

Looking at the Algorithm of Division of Fractions Differently: A Mathematics Educator Reflects on a Student’s Insightful Procedure

Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association

Volume 44 Issue 2, June 2007

20 – 22

Looking at the Algorithm of Division of Fractions Differently: A Mathematics Educator Reflects on a Student’s Insightful Procedure

Jerome Proulx

A colleague of mine, upon return from China, reported to me this procedure to divide fractions used by an I I -year-old: