We know there are individual differences in math ability, even at a young age, but what basic cognitive tools lay the foundation for whether we are good with numbers? And specifically, what basic ...

Sometimes you can divide the top and bottom of a fraction by the same number. This is called cancelling down. It is also called simplifying the fraction. You often have to write a fraction in its ...

Ah, math. It’s why I became an English major. But now math is spinning back around and haunting me in the form of my fifth grader. Last night, I found myself dealing with how to multiply fractions as ...