The author, Chris McMullen, Ph.D., has over twenty years of experience teaching math skills to physics students. He prepared this comprehensive workbook to share his strategies for mastering fractions. With 20 chapters and 250 pages, this workbook covers a variety of essential fractions skills, including:
- fractions, decimals, and percentages
- how to find a common denominator
- repeating decimals
- adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions
- converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions
- solving problems with ratios or proportions
- word problems
- long division with remainders
- reducing fractions
- finding reciprocals
- what a fraction means visually
This workbook includes a pretest and a posttest to help assess student learning. Comparing pretest and posttest scores helps to measure how much students have learned by using this workbook. Teachers, parents, and even students may find this helpful.
Rot-zee –
Very good easy to follow the examples would recommend to anyone who wants to learn more about fractions or a beginner
OneMom –
As a homeschool family, sometimes we hit bumps in the road with various math functions. Chris McMullen has helped us over each and everyone of those bumps. His ability to clarify a concept is truly a gift. The fractions book has been our most favorite of all. Great detail and guidance, not just with fractions, but also decimals and the dreaded story problems! Thanks, Chris for helping us on the journey.
Carolyn Cope –
Very easy for children to understand
Tommy G. James –
Item as described, arrived in good condition. Thank you.
GERALDINE –
It help to remind me of the math I did years n years n years ago.
Amanda Grant –
Just a little extra for the summer. It worked out great.
B. Shults –
I enjoyed getting back to the basics. This will assist any parent or Auntie help their growing children with math that you haven’t used in years.
Eduardo Maurico –
Apresenta uma boa sequência didática. Os alunos do 7º ano gostaram!!!
MOUMITA DATTA –
Hi I liked it
Lauretta Anastasia –
Book arrived on time and as described.
Carrie M –
Excellent instructions and we love how the chapters are set up. It fits perfectly with the math curriculum we use (Life of Fred).
Karen R. –
I like the concise , easy to read , and practical application . I use it in my tutoring .
Ernest Williams –
Good workbook. If you are an American parent or parent that truly plays an active role in your child’s education, purchase this book. Students need to have a sound foundation in mathematics to do hire mathematics. American public schools teach to tests and do not truly educate. American school teachers have to address too many behavioral problems and spend too much time with students that lack fundamentals in math and other subjects. Common Core education contributes to confusion in classrooms. Do not rely on teachers to properly teach your child. As a parent, you are your child’s first teacher.
Trisha C. –
I homeschool my grandchildren, and this book has worked wonders.
Dorsai –
This book is good but not for younger grades. I teach grade 4 and 95 percent of this is way over that grade level.
This is great for 5th and 6th through high school math.
Momof2 –
This. Ok is great! In depth descriptions on each new concept with examples. Questions have the answers in the back of the book. This isn’t just a workbook, it actually teaches you how to solve fractions problems!
Darrell B –
Math is my favorite subject back in highschool. At first fractions was hard but, Chris McMullen gives alot of good example in this book if you are lost this book will definitely help you.
Savvymom –
Has some explanation followed by questions however not a whole lot of practice. About 12 questions per concept.
Condor_Intel –
Great instructor layout. Used for instruction with resistant learners.
Barbara –
The book is decent for helping.
Amy –
My daughter struggled with fractions and decimals until I bought her this workbook! The way math is explained in this book made sense to her.
Tenzy –
Nice book. Explains the concepts well and has many practice exercises as well.
Loretta Cardenas –
Perfect for teaching in language kids understand
Timothy Warzynski –
Like ease for grand young’s to use
Curious Suzie –
I never received a proper education. Attended the worst schools you could imagine. This book has finally helped me understand math. P.s. I’m 43 yrs old. Never to late to learn. Now I’m able to help my children. Thank you
Jessie Rowe –
Buy it. My 11 year old was struggling with fractions but not anymore! She told me she loved this book and that it helped her a lot.
Gee –
This is exactly what my son wanted, he really likes it.
himansl –
Book provides good examples to explain each concept. Starts from what fractions are , to comparing, adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, reciprocals …decimals. Recommended book.
PAULA KERR –
I have only paged through it so far. I am looking forward to getting into it and learning.
Florabelle Raindrops –
I really enjoyed this book. I bought three and did the entire book with my children. There was so much I had forgotten! It was fun to laugh with them and get stomped from time to time. Chapter 11 was way too long. I think it should have been broken up into maybe three chapters. But overall, well written with great examples and practice. I suggest getting another workbook for review if this is your main text book. Otherwise it’s just perfect.
Rebecca phelps –
Step my step easy to understand explanations. Great buy.
Luis R Sanchez –
Is a wonderful book dealing with the subject of fractions as other books of the same author
odessa j clay –
I decided to go back and get my GED after 25 years. Never had step foot in a math classroom the time I was I high school I was completely lost. This boom is so helpful step by step instructions, quizzes at the end of each lesson, and answers in the back of book explaining how they get the answer. Thank you
Carol Scott –
I found this book to be a big help. I found it easy to understand even for a seventy two great grandmother.
Lori Harper –
Homeschooling has led me to numerous workbooks, programs, even teacher created fractions lessons, but this book made understanding fractions easier than anything I’ve tried so far! I was thrilled to see Chris McMullen has books on a number of other math and science subjects and I will definitely be purchasing more books from him! Totally recommend this book!
Wintersnow29 –
But this book was a dream come true. I didn’t dread working with my child on developing his math skills. There was so much that I had forgotten and the step-by-step instructions are better than any teacher could teach. Thank you.
Miss Shereese –
Awesome work book
ValiDating –
How confident are you in your fractions? I learned fractions in elementary school but as an adult going through higher education I wasn’t CONFIDENT on my fractions. This book is great to set a confident foundation to set you up for fractional success.
A R –
This is a good practice book for fractions. My 3rd grader is a little ahead in math and wanted to do more fractions at home and he had fun with this book.
Shivashish Sikder –
Enormous examples and explanations
SarahB –
Looked a great but wasn’t what I needed sadly
DebiP –
My math skills aren’t great. But I would love to improve them. I find that I need to use fractions when modifying recipes and even when I was trying to figure the equivalent usa hardware for metric. Calculators aren’t helpful if you don’t understand the basic operations of math.
So I bought this and it’s a great book. I’m 65, long time since I had any math classes. This work book explains step by step everything you need to know to work with fractions. It’s consise and easy to understand. Each step has a quiz (with answers in the back) so you know if you really understand it. I can go at my own pace and I look forward to each new chapter. I highly recommend it for any age to become proficient with fractions.
Bobby W. –
Please note that this math book is aimed at a mature audience. There aren’t any cute cartoons or anecdotes to be found here. What you get are clear and thorough explanations of the subject matter (in this case, fractions) accompanied by a good amount of practice problems.
A very nice and unusual feature of this book is that most of the answers provided to the exercises are broken down in the answer key, so you’re not left hanging if you get a question wrong.
The author even provides you with contact information should you believe you find an error in the text – that’s a first. 🙂
So for older kids or adults who are looking for a good review of working with fractions without distractions, this is a great resource! 🙂
S. Wooldridge –
Getting my brain, refreshed with way easy to understand fractions, now it’s fun to toy with, just like when i went to Trade School.
Jane –
Fractions were my pet hate in maths but after needing to learn fractions to pass an exam I wanted to find a book that exsplains them well. This was perfect. It was written in a very simple way of understanding and I love how it reminds you throughout the book, sections you’ve learnt and it prompts you where to find it incase you might of forgotten.
Tammy –
After years of using calculator’s, this is a nice workbook to refresh math knowledge, before going back to taking college courses that maybe more challenging.
kristy kious –
I got this to help my son understand how to solve fractions the right way.
Hamid Kamara –
I’m going back to a technical school. I currently have a BA in Communication Arts. I’m 45 years old and this is probably the best book l’ve ever read. It’s simple and easy to understand. I’m not that good at math but this was a great help in preparing and familiarizing myself. With practice I can say I’m good at math now.
Nyah –
I am using this to help with my functional skills exams and it has been a massive help and I am only on Chapter 5! Amazing
John Fadem –
Everything was perfect. Thank you 🏄♀️
I. C. –
My daughter who is in the 4th grade was struggling with fractions no matter how many times I’ve explained and showed her examples. So I decided to get her this book that has explanations and examples. By the time she finished this book she finally understood and now able to do fractions with no issues. Strongly recommend it for homeschooling.