Another common struggle: the parts-of-a-whole problem. Fractions are introduced through the “pizza model,” but students’ ...

Improper fractions that are greater than 1 can be represented using bar models and part-whole models and can be converted to whole numbers and fractions. Here is a bar model split into three parts.

Improper fractions that are greater than 1 can be represented using bar models and part-whole models and can be converted to whole numbers and fractions. Here is a bar model split into three parts.