Lesson: Introduction to Fractions

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Ruth-Claire - November 24, 2016
Oh my! Are you Canadian?
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greenlight-admin - November 24, 2016

Ha - I get that a lot!
Yes, I am Canadian. What gave me away?

geeppeeg - September 10, 2017
I think the way you pronounce fraction.
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greenlight-admin - September 10, 2017

Ha! You're not the first person to point out that my pronunciation of "frack-shun" gives me away :-)

stomer - October 20, 2018
Go Leafs Go?
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greenlight-admin - October 21, 2018

Leafs!?!? No.
Canucks, yes!!

Kairosmorris - December 3, 2016
Good to know that you are Canadian...but how come you teach GRE Prep classes when in reality only a few Canadian schools request a GRE Test score for graduate admissions?.
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greenlight-admin - December 4, 2016

You're right about not many Canadian schools requiring the GRE, however, a lot of Canadians go to the US for graduate programs.

Adeleke - March 14, 2019
just getting this information that few of Canadian schools require GRE. why is it like that and which exam is preferred
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greenlight-admin - March 14, 2019

Most schools that accept both the GRE and the GMAT make no distinction between the tests. So, I suggest you take the one that is best suited to you.

Cheers,
Brent

JNeen - August 11, 2019
The Practice converting mixed fractions - MathIsFun.com worksheet #10 says 1/9=1/9 but my answer was 2/18 because it was an equivalent fraction & therefore improper. I am unsure why they have 1/9 as the answer. Can you explain?
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greenlight-admin - August 12, 2019

That's a bad question, since 1/9 can't be converted to an improper fraction.

2/18 is equivalent to 1/9, but neither fraction is improper (since the numerators are less than their denominators)

Cheers,
Brent

JNeen - August 11, 2019
On #5, 8 and 12 of the Practice converting entire fractions to mixed fraction - MathIsFun.com the answers seemed not to be mixed fractions. For #5 I wrote 16 0/1 because I could not think of another way to convert 16 to a mixed fraction and I think 16 is technically a whole number if left as is. Is my logic flawed or the worksheet?
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greenlight-admin - August 12, 2019

The GRE test-makers would say 16 and 16 0/1 are NOT mixed fractions.

From the Official Guide: A mixed number (aka mixed fraction) consists of an integer part and a fraction part, where the fraction part has a value between 0 and 1.

Don't worry about those 3 questions.

Cheers,
Brent

JNeen - August 19, 2019
Ok, thanks.

HannahEWolfe - May 6, 2020
Brent--you have a very expressive voice and are more captivating than any math how-to video I've ever seen! Most math teachers I've had/watched videos of have really monotoned, boring voices. Yours is great!
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greenlight-admin - May 6, 2020

Thanks Hannah. That's nice of you to say!

Natashaoverton - February 4, 2021
Hi, great videos. Just wanted to point out the last three links from mathisfun.com are not working.
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greenlight-admin - February 5, 2021

Fixed. Thanks for the heads up!

Natashaoverton - February 9, 2021
Thanks!

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