Mixed Expressions and Complex Fractions

Don't just use a fraction of this resource ... use it all. Learners first investigate patterns to determine how to deal with fractional exponents. Individuals then evaluate expressions involving fractional exponents.

Wow! Here is a handout packed full of tips and worked-out solutions to supplement instruction on fractional exponents. The instructional activity introduces and thoroughly explains the Algebra...

Sal solves a complex determinant problem from the 2010 IIT entrance test. Knowledge of determinants, the exponential form of complex numbers, trigonometric ratios, and algebraic thinking are all utilized here.

Simplifying expressions is easy until fractions come into play. Viewers of an educational video learn how to simplify algebraic expressions involving the distributive property and fractions. The narrator works through four examples...

Cancel that! Young mathematicians see how factoring and canceling can be very beneficial. The presenter works through examples of multiplying two rational expressions where the factors are simplified first. Factoring complex rational...

When will half of the substance be gone? Using the exponential decay formula, the video finds the half-life of radium-226. The 29th installment in a 31-part series goes on to discuss that the calculations are the same independent of the...

The teacher defines a complex fraction. She writes an example on the whiteboard. She says that any fraction that additionally has another fraction in either the numerator, or the denominator, or both, is a complex fraction.

You will need to pay close attention while watching this video. There are many steps and many operations to do to simplify this algebraic fraction. If it seems hard the first time you watch it and you miss something, then watch it again....

You will need to pay close attention while watching this video. There are many steps and many operations to do to simplify this algebraic fraction. And if it seems hard the first time you watch it and you miss something, then watch it...

Complex fractions? They might start out complex, but if you watch the instructor explain how to change it to a division problem, it won't be so complex anymore.