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Are you smarter than a 5th grader?
by Bret Taylor-2
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I'm not. I missed a math question a week or
two ago. The question went something like this:
If the denominator of a unit fraction is 5, what is
the numerator?
I've got a Masters degree in math. I have
taught high school math and community college math most of my adult life.
I have taught college math from developmental (Arithmetic and Pre-Algebgra - two
courses) through calculus. I have also taught Math for Elementary School
teachers for several years. And, I don't think I have ever heard of the
term "unit fraction." I picked what I thought was the only logical answer
- 5. (5/5 = 1, unity. Or so when my logic.) And, I was
wrong. I was so shocked that I googled "unit fraction" and found out that
I might be the only math teacher in the world who has never heard of a "unit
fraction."
Is there anybody on this list who has also never
heard of a unit fraction?
Bret Taylor
Eustis, FL
John 3:30
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