A Maths article on how to use your knowledge of fractions to multiply mixed numbers by integers.

This lesson uses models to convert mixed numbers to improper fractions.

Mixed numbers and improper fractions are worth the same amount as one another (if they are equivalent) but are written differently. Mixed numbers are made up of a whole number and a separate fraction.

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 ...