Fractions

Using some or all of the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and using the digits 3, 3, 8 and 8 each once and only once make an expression equal to 24.

The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. Here is a chance to explore how they could have written different fractions.

There are lots of ideas to explore in these sequences of ordered fractions.

A monkey with peaches, keeps a fraction of them each day, gives the rest away, and then eats one. How long can his peaches last?

Take a look at the video and try to find a sequence of moves that will untangle the ropes.

Is there a quick way to work out whether a fraction terminates or recurs when you write it as a decimal?

Two brothers were left some money, amounting to an exact number of pounds, to divide between them. DEE undertook the division. "But your heap is larger than mine!" cried DUM...

Imagine you were given the chance to win some money... and imagine you had nothing to lose...

The Egyptians expressed all fractions as the sum of different unit fractions. The Greedy Algorithm might provide us with an efficient way of doing this.