Life of Fred: Fractions

5th grade and up; complete this book first. Use this book over and over with multiple children. All answers are written on separate paper or in a notebook. It is designed to be read with the student. This book covers about 35 lessons and is designed to take approximately a month or two to complete.

After you know your addition and multiplication tables, you are ready for Life of Fred: Fractions. You will go far beyond elementary knowledge of fractions! Even if you already know how to divide up a pie so that you get the biggest "fraction," this is absolutely the right place to start.

You will encounter...

• Less Than
• Billion
• Cardinal and Ordinal Numbers
• Diameter and Radius
• Savings and Expenses
• Definition of a Fraction
• Sectors
• Comparing Fractions
• Reducing Fractions
• Adding and Subtracting Fractions
• Common Denominators
• Roman Numerals
• Least Common Multiples
• Improper Fractions
• Lines of Symmetry
• Division by Zero
• Circumference
• Multiplying Mixed Numbers
• Commutative Law
• Canceling
• Definition of a Function
• Area
• Unit Analysis
• Division of Fractions
• Geometric Figures
• Estimating Answers
• and much more . . .

But that's not all! You'll also find tie-ins to other topics such as Boyle's law (science), onomatopoeia (linguistics), and more. Ready to discover the fun side of math you've been missing all these years? This is the math book for you!