%0 Journal Article
	%A Alexander Y. Vaninsky
	%D 2011
	%J International Journal of Mathematical and Computational Sciences
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 53, 2011
	%T Theory of Fractions in College Algebra Course
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/3988
	%V 53
	%X The paper compares the treatment of fractions in a
typical undergraduate college curriculum and in abstract algebra
textbooks. It stresses that the main difference is that the
undergraduate curriculum treats equivalent fractions as equal, and
this treatment eventually leads to paradoxes and impairs the students-
ability to perceive ratios, proportions, radicals and rational exponents
adequately. The paper suggests a simplified version of rigorous
theory of fractions suitable for regular college curriculum.
	%P 734 - 742