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- From: soh@tmp_ip_003.trl.OZ.AU (Soh Kam Hung)
- Subject: Re: Motivation for learning fractions
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.021945.8140@trl.oz.au>
- Keywords: fractions
- Sender: root@trl.oz.au (System PRIVILEGED Account)
- Organization: Telecom Research Labs, Melbourne, Australia
- References: <1992Nov18.215936.26724@trl.oz.au>
- Distribution: aus
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 02:19:45 GMT
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- soh@tmp_ip_003.trl.OZ.AU (Soh Kam Hung) writes:
-
- >I have a friend who is teaching a Year 3 student arithmetic. At
- >present, we are trying to think of examples of using fractions in
- >everyday life. Why should we even bother adding or subtracting
- >fractions when decimals will do the job almost as well?
-
- In case there is any confusion, I should have written: Are there any
- good reasons for learning addition, subtraction, multiplication and
- division of fractions?
-
- >Fuel: ``I have a quarter tank of petrol. A full tank is 20 litres.
- >How many litres should I buy if I want an extra half a tank of
- >petrol?''
-
- Oops! Someone pointed out to my mistake! I should have written: ``How
- many litres should I buy if I want half a tank of petrol?''
-
- Again, please email your responses and I will post a summary if there
- is enough interest.
-
- Regards,
-
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- Soh Kam Hung, Network Management Research, | h.soh@trl.oz.au
- TRL, POB 249 Clayton, Victoria 3168, Australia | +61 3 253 6638
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