Fractions

What is a fraction? Well, if you split a chocolate chip cookie in two equal pieces, you have two halves, which is a fraction! Fractions are pieces of whole numbers that have been split up into equal pieces. Readers learn about fractions in many different aspects of their lives, from cooking to telling time on a clock. They even learn how fractions are important in music! As complex concepts are broken down in an accessible way for readers, they are able to expand their knowledge of classroom curricula to broaden their mathematics abilities.