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Why Understanding Fractions Is Such a Brick Wall for Grade 4–7 Students

Up until Grade 3 or 4, math usually makes a certain kind of intuitive sense to children. Numbers represent concrete things you can count: three apples, five toy blocks, twelve cookies. Math is largely about whole numbers, addition, subtraction, and learning multiplication tables. Then fractions arrive. Suddenly, numbers have a top and a bottom. A