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Decimals can be expressed as a fraction. Converting decimals to fractions is usually a two-step process:

1. Depending on the number of decimal places, convert the fraction using tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.
2. Simplify the fraction to the lowest common term.

Let’s demonstrate this with an example:

The decimal is 0.4.

Convert the fraction

Write down 0.4 divided by 1

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Now, multiply both top and bottom by 10 for every number after the decimal point.

In our example, there is one number after the decimal point, so multiply by 10.

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K5 Adds New Grade 4 Grammar Worksheets

Grade 4 is a key year in elementary school. Our kids are now “big kids”, and with that comes higher academic expectations. In this grade, among other things, students should know the subject-verb agreement and to use punctuation properly.

Our new grade 4 grammar worksheets cover verb and verb tenses, pronouns, adjectives and adverbs, other parts of speech, sentences, capitalization and punctuation.
First, let us show us where to find the grade 4 grammar worksheets on our web site:

How to find the grammar worksheets

You’ll now find that our grammar sections are divided by grade, …

How to subtract fractions with unlike denominators

When the denominators in the fractions you want to subtract from each other are different, things get a little more complicated than subtracting fractions with like denominators.

Let’s say we want to subtract 1/6 from ½.

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New Kindergarten Reading Comprehension Workbooks

Yesterday we published updates to our reading comprehension workbooks for kindergarten students in our bookstore. Each workbook contains 20 fiction and non-fiction stories, followed by reading comprehension exercises. Answer sheets are also provided.

Our reading comprehension workbooks are leveled from A-Z, based on the following grade-level text complexities:

Vocabulary words
High-frequency words
Average word size
Number of words per sentence, on average
Amount of repetition of words and phrases
Story length
Subject matter complexity

We’re sure you’re curious to see what the stories and exercises look like. Let’s show you one of our stories from our Level C workbook.

Sample kindergarten reading comprehension story

On each of our pages, we indicate the vocabulary words for each story. The high frequency words are included in a list at the beginning of each workbook.

How to subtract fractions with like denominators

What are fractions?

A fraction is a part of a whole. Every fraction has a denominator and a numerator.

Denominator

The bottom number of the fraction is called the denominator. It shows how many equal parts the item is divided into.

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K5 Adds Hundreds of New Grade 3 Grammar Worksheets

We have added over 400 new grade 3 grammar worksheets to our web site.

How to find the grammar worksheets

First, let us show us where to find the grammar worksheets. You’ll now find that our grammar sections are divided by grade, …

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Great Reading for Cat-crazy Kids

Featuring Felines!

By Sheila Welch

Our book reviewer, Sheila Welch, has been digging around for children’s books about animals and, predominantly, cats. Here are her top picks:

Find the White Horse

Find the White Horse by the popular British author Dick King-Smith, illustrated with pen and ink sketches by Larry Wilkes, is reminiscent of The Incredible Journey. All of the animals in King-Smith’s story – Squintum, a neglected Siamese cat; Lubber, an old dog saved by the cat from being euthanized; Katie, a homing pigeon; and Colleen, a purebred setter who was left tied and abandoned – are unashamedly anthropomorphized, yet retain many animal traits. For example, Squintum gobbles down a litter of baby mice and thinks of Katie, the pigeon, in terms of a meal until she proves useful as a high-flying scout. Why do they need to find the White Horse? Lubber’s owners live in a small village with a view of an oversized landmark, a gigantic horse carved into the white chalk on a huge grassy hill. The lively dialog and action-packed plot will entertain independent readers in third through fifth grades as they absorb the underlying plea for the humane treatment of animals.

How to add fractions with unlike denominators

Following on from our last blog on adding fractions with like denominators, adding fractions with unlike denominators is a little more complicated.

Improper fractions, or fractions with unlike denominators, may look a bit difficult. However, once you make the denominators the same, the addition is easy.

Let’s use an example:
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How to Add Fractions

Fractions are parts of a whole. To understand fractions we need to understand each part of the fraction.

The bottom number is called the denominator. The denominator tells us two things:

1. How many parts our whole is divided into;
2. What to call these parts.

For example in the fraction 2/3:

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Grade 1 Vocabulary Workbook

You may have noticed that we have updated our vocabulary worksheets sections for grades 1 – 5 with more variety of exercises. To complement those exercises, we are also creating vocabulary workbooks for further practice. Our grade 3 vocabulary and grade 4 vocabulary workbooks were published late last year. Our latest addition is the grade 1 vocabulary workbook.

New grade 1 vocabulary workbook

Like our other vocabulary workbooks, every lesson starts with a word list and definitions. Following are four exercises to practice the words. Those exercises include identifying words by pictures, selecting definitions of words by multiple choice, synonym and antonym exercises, crosswords, matching sentences to pictures, context clues, completing sentences with words from a word bank, among others.

There are 30 lessons in total. Each lesson covers 10 vocabulary words.

A review of a vocabulary lesson

Let’s take a look at some of the exercises we cover in the grade 1 vocabulary workbook. Here’s a focus on Lesson 10.

Word list

It starts with a list of words and definitions – presented in a dictionary style. This will save you time from flipping through a dictionary.

grade 1 vocabulary word list

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Convert the fraction

How to find the grammar worksheets

Sample kindergarten reading comprehension story

What are fractions?

Denominator

How to find the grammar worksheets

Featuring Felines!

Find the White Horse

New grade 1 vocabulary workbook

A review of a vocabulary lesson

Word list