Looking at this fraction is a little bit different than looking at the other complex fractions that we've dealt with. However, we can make it look like the other complex fractions. But first of all, ...

Simplify \(\frac{3t + 6}{3t}\). The numerator of this fraction will factorise as there is a common factor of 3. This gives \(\frac{3(t + 2)}{3t}\). Now, there is clearly a common factor of 3 between ...

You don’t have to be a math whiz to know that 4 - 2 + 1 equals 3. Yet I was working with several students recently who said it equals 1. And it wasn’t their fault. Nor was it their teacher’s fault.