By Christopher W. Larimer, University of Northern Iowa Professor of Political Science. In a recent New York Times column, John Paulos, a mathematician at Temple University, discussed the difficulty of ...

Divide both the numerator and denominator by their HCF. The fraction has now been simplified. Knowing multiplication and division facts may make simplifying fractions easier. The HCF of 4 and 10 is 2.

If the denominator has just one term that is a surd, the denominator can be rationalised by multiplying the numerator and denominator by that surd. \(\frac{\sqrt{2 ...

the total women and men in that job class (row percentage) the total for that gender in all job classes (column percentage) the total for all employees. The part of the TABLE statement that defines ...

Looking at this fraction is a little bit different than looking at the other complex fractions that we've dealt with. However, we can make it look like the other complex fractions. But first of all, ...

Often times people will make the mistake of cancelling a part of a sum instead of a factor. So a lot of times when students look at this, it's a common error to say ...