linking ratios and fractions close fractionThe result of one integer divided by another. It is written with one integer above the other with a horizontal line between them. The denominator must not be ...

“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...

Dividing into a given ratio. You can use bar models to divide amounts in a given ratio. For example, Isabel and Geraint share their savings of £96 in the ratio 5 to 3. How much money does each person ...

My colleague Joni Lakin, Assistant Professor at Auburn University, sends me her latest paper titled “Sex differences in reasoning abilities: Surprising evidence that male-female ratios in the tails of ...

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