Compound Denominate Numbers: Practical Problems: Multiplying Compound Denominate Numbers
This clip includes practical problems that are solved by multiplying compound denominate numbers. The first of these involves figuring out the area of a rug, followed by a problem about the square footage of an office and the amount of rent due each...
Dividing Decimal Fractions: Changing the Decimal Divisor to a Whole Number
This clip states that "mathematicians never divide by decimals. If the divisor is a decimal, they change it to a whole number." The clip then explains how this is done, with the divisor multiplied by some power of ten to become a whole number and th...
Compound Denominate Numbers: Multiplying Compound Denominate Numbers
This clip explains how to multiply compound denominate numbers. The clip points out that, "
in multiplication, we don't work in columns as we do in addition
and, to multiply, the units must be the same
.(so) we convert both compound denominate nu...
Dividing Fractions: To Divide Fractions: Invert and Multiply
This clip presents the dividing fractions rule of "invert and multiply," explaining that the divisor is inverted and the dividend is multiplied. "Invert means the numerator and the denominator change places," the clip states. The clip also asks and ...
Fluid Volume: Practical Problems: Converting Between Metric and U.S. Customary Systems
This clip provides practical problems that are solved by converting between metric and U.S. units. The problems include figuring out a hospital's requirements for antiseptic solution, the capacity of an automobile's gas tank, the amount of cough syr...
Fluid Volume: Practical Problems: Unit Equivalences
This clip includes several practical problems which are solved in part through the use of unit equivalences and the unit cancellation method taught in an earlier lesson.
Fluid Volume: Measuring With Cubic Units
This clip explains that fluid units are not the only means by which to measure the volume inside a container. "We can also measure volume with cubic units," the clip states. "Both volumes measure the same amount of space; these are just different wa...
Renaming Fractions: Summary: Renaming Fractions
This clip summarizes renaming fractions, explaining that numerators and denominators can be multiplied or divided by the same non-zero number without changing the value of the fraction. The clip concludes by stating that there are two classes or fam...
Adding Fractions With the Same Denominator: Adding Fractions With the Same Denominator
This clip explains how to add fractions with the same denominator. It states that the sum will be a fraction with the same denominator as the original one, and a numerator which consists of the original numerators added together.
Adding and Subtracting Decimal Fractions: Lining Up Numbers on the Decimal Point
This clip explains the importance of lining up the addends by place value when adding decimal fractions. It notes that every decimal fraction has a decimal point and, "
if we line up one column, all the rest line up automatically. Tens, units, tent...