Episode Details

Pam and Kim explore what it means to be flexible with fractions, decimals, and percents. They discuss how we can become more flexible as we deal with rational numbers to help us be more judicious problem solvers.
Talking Points:

• Why kids of today are more familiar with percentages
• Using benchmark fractions, decimals and percentages
• How students might mess with gnarly fractions, decimals and percents
• Why flexibility matters
• How to become more flexible using different representations of rational numbers