… even though every fraction is a rational number, not every rational number is a fraction. [...]
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A reader in China asked about how to change fractions…not just simple ones, into percent. “I am trying to assist my 6th grader and my way of doing math works, but it appears complicated when I explain it….” Professor Homunculus replies: I know what you mean. I used to be a math teacher, and I understand that [...] …if you have, say, 1/4 of a apple blueberry crumble pie (you can tell where my mind is this balmy upstate Memorial day), and you have 1/5 of another apple blueberry crumble pie, how much apple blueberry crumble pie do you have altogether? [...] |
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