Another potential pitfall that teachers encounter when teaching fractions is an over-reliance on cross-multiplication to identify equivalent fractions or solve for an unknown.

In this KS2 Maths article you'll learn how to simplify equivalent fractions. We also have KS2 Maths videos, a quiz and lots of examples.

Video summary. In this clip we show that percentages are amounts out of 100, which may simplify to an equivalent fraction. Division by 100 is used to convert percentages to decimals.

An innovative, hands-on curriculum that combines music and math may help younger students learn how to do fractions, according to a new study. The music-based program, Academic Music, uses rhythm ...