Time to get rid of fractions?

by Miramira

Dec 25, 2012

I saw on interesting posting on you tube from a professor at Univ. of Penn. who said it was time to get rid of fractions. I'm thinking that I agree with him.

He pointed out that no one uses fractions in daily life. Before calculators, they had some advantages, but now decimals are far more common.

Decimals are easier to understand (all base ten) and much easier to add or multiply. With so many things being constantly added to the curriculum, it's time to drop some things.

We used to teach roman numerals and we stopped. Maybe it's time to put fractions out to pasture. Can anyone think of a reason to keep fractions?

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algie2 Yes, tu hard, onlee smart peeple can fig you are owt how to use fractions. Get rid of them. Speling is tu hard tu, lets just spel however we feel.

Memorizing stuff is really hard too and totally unnecessary. Google it and get rid of history and most of natural science.

I think understanding fractions MAY come in handy with thing...See More

Dec 25, 2012

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Zach I agree and disagree with miramira. math should be taught in a way that students see how it can be applied in real life, not just in a theoretical world. Check out these students (posted link) using fractions in a real world application while having fun

n 12/25/12, algie2 wrote: > Yes, tu hard, onlee smart peeple can fig you are owt ho...See More

Jan 2, 2013

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dpump Students need to understand the concepts of fractions and computation of fractions to understand the computation of polynomials later in Algebra. This prof from Penn must have never built anything himself, cooked or marvelled at anything an engineer has designed. Just because you don't use it in your daily life isn't a reason to profess it's useles...See MoreStudents need to understand the concepts of fractions and computation of fractions to understand the computation of polynomials later in Algebra. This prof from Penn must have never built anything himself, cooked or marvelled at anything an engineer has designed. Just because you don't use it in your daily life isn't a reason to profess it's uselessness.

On 1/02/13, Zach wrote: > I agree and disagree with miramira. math should be taught in a > way that students see how it can be applied in real life, not > just in a theoretical world. Check out these students (posted > link) using fractions in a real world application while having > fun > > n 12/25/12, algie2 wrote: >> Yes, tu hard, onlee smart peeple can fig you are owt how to >> use fractions. Get rid of them. Speling is tu hard tu, lets >> just spel however we feel. >> >> Memorizing stuff is really hard too and totally unnecessary. >> Google it and get rid of history and most of natural science. >> >> I think understanding fractions MAY come in handy with things >> like working with rational algebraic expressions but >> seriously, who does that? We have wolframalpha, duh. >> >> Personally, I do use fractions in daily life. Cooking, >> budgeting, calorie counting come to mind. But I also do a lot >> of completely useless thinking in the course of a day - just >> for the fun of it! >> >> >> >> >> On 12/25/12, Miramira wrote: >>> I saw on interesting posting on you tube from a professor >>> at Univ. of Penn. who said it was time to get rid of >>> fractions. I'm thinking that I agree with him. >>> >>> He pointed out that no one uses fractions in daily life. >>> Before calculators, they had some advantages, but now >>> decimals are far more common. >>> >>> Decimals are easier to understand (all base ten) and much >>> easier to add or multiply. With so many things being >>> constantly added to the curriculum, it's time to drop some >>> things. >>> >>> We used to teach roman numerals and we stopped. Maybe it's >>> time to put fractions out to pasture. Can anyone think of a >>> reason to keep fraction

Jan 19, 2013

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Moronic notion Can't cut a damned pie without using fractions. Can't count up your laundry quarters without using fractions.

Whoever's throwing the "get rid of fractions" bullcrap around is just some twinky trolling for attention.

Jan 20, 2013

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