SOLUTION: My daughter is just learning fractions in 4th grade and I am trying to help her. Unfortunately it has been some time since I have done this. I can't seem to remember how to find th

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Question 441125: My daughter is just learning fractions in 4th grade and I am trying to help her. Unfortunately it has been some time since I have done this. I can't seem to remember how to find the value of x in a fraction...like this x/8 = 1/4.
can you help me?
Answer by stanbon(75887) (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!
x/8 = 1/4
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We have to be careful when it comes to
solving problems for young students.
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One way to work the problem is to
convert 1/4 = 2/8
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Then x/8 = 2/8
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So x = 2
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Another way to work the problem is to
multiply both sides of the equation
by 8:
8(x/8) = 8(1/4)
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After canceling you would get:
x = 8/4
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Then x = 2
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Let your daughter decide which method looks
like the way she is being taught.
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Cheers,
Stan H.