median
don steward
mathematics teaching 10 ~ 16

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

take to times

work out these fraction subtractions



















then replace the subtraction sign with a multiplication sign
and work these out

try to find some other examples, to find patterns that fit a rule

try to prove any general rules

there are some other generalities with the same property
check that this one does:

prove that the subtraction (family) above has the same result with a subtraction as it does with a multiplication

and this one:


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