App Shopper: CompareFrac Fractions (Education)

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CompareFrac Fractions

iOS iPhone

CompareFrac Fractions is a powerful learning aid that combines interactive Coaching Calculators and a Guide to help students master the comparison of fractions.

The Guide looks in depth at comparing fractions and the Coaching Calculator focuses on proper and improper fractions such as 7/24 and 8/3 having numerators and denominators up to 99.

Students develop their skills quickly as they work with the Coaching Calculators and see each step of a process in detail :

- Comparison by multiplying denominator method
- Comparison by Least Common Denominator method
- Comparison by cross multiplication method

For convenience, the app also has Coaching Calculators covering most fraction basics:

- Addition by multiplying denominator method
- Addition using the Least Common Denominator

- Subtraction by multiplying denominator method
- Subtraction using the Least Common Denominator

- Multiplication
- Multiplication with cross canceling

- Division
- Division with cross canceling

- Conversion of mixed numbers to improper fractions
- Conversion of improper fractions to mixed numbers

- Equivalent fractions using the LCD
- Reduction using the GCD (GCF)

- Prime factorization by a factor tree

- Finding the LCM by prime factorization
- Finding the LCM by listing multiples

- Finding the GCD by prime factorization
- Finding the GCD (GCF) by listing divisors

CompareFrac is a member of the Fraction Series comprising ACoachCalc Fraction Calculator, BasicFrac Fractions, MulDivFrac Fractions, CompareFrac Fractions and ConvertFrac Fractions.

All apps have the same series of fraction Coaching Calculators.

The BasicFrac Guide looks in depth at addition and subtraction.

The MulDivFrac Guide looks in depth at multiplication and division.

The CompareFrac Guide looks in depth at comparison.

The ConvertFrac Guide looks in depth at conversion between fractions, decimals and percents.

ACoachCalc Fraction Calculator has a mini-Guide and additional Coaching Calculators and mini-Guide covering one, two and multi-step linear equations.

AFactorTree, a free app, is a combined Coaching Calculator and Guide covering the finding of Least Common Multiples and Greatest Common Divisors (Factors) by prime factorization.