parting is such sweet sorrow : fractions and decimals Powley, Linda. creator Weiskopf, Catherine. text Hauppauge, N.Y Barron's Educational Series 2009 monographic 216 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. In this brand-new Adventures in Mathopolis story, the town's befuddled Mayor Lostis Marbles is having all kinds of trouble dealing with fractions and decimals--and with a new dilemma: how to get out of a locked safe before it's too late!. This time superheroes Silver Splitter and Dixie Dot come to the rescue, and readers who follow this fun-filled story will learn how to solve the many mysteries of fractions and decimals along the way. They discover easy ways to-- Understand proper, improper, and mixed numbers Find the least common multiple in fractions Add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions Understand decimals Convert from decimals to fractions, and back again This amusing Mathopolis story is enhanced with clever black-and-white illustrations. Kids learn along with Mayor Lostis Marbles and his gang that working with fractions and decimals can be fun. U 1000 Lexile U Raz-Plus Linda Powley and Catherine Weiskopf. Fractions Juvenile literature Decimal fractions Juvenile literature QA117 .P69 2009 513.2/6 9780764141713 0764141716 DLC 20241105145255.0 515 eng