The Weird Number - Rational Numbers

Presents an amusing introduction of rational numbers to a community of natural numbers. The weird number, 2/3, steals a piece of cake and then leads the Major and the baker on a merry chase. He escapes and 4/6 comes forth to explain to the integers of system of rational numbers and the concept of equivalent fractions.

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  4. Dinosaurs' Dilemma: The Meaning of the Variable 1971
  5. Noah's Ark or Multiplying with Fractions 1971
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  7. Probableman 1971
  8. Zero: Something for Nothing 1971
  9. The Case of the Missing Chickcows: Adding Positive and Negative Integers 1972

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