Better support for mixed numbers
ldworkin opened this issue · 3 comments
ldworkin commented
Right now mathjax cannot parse a mixed number like 1 3/4; instead it expects the input to look like e.g. 1(3)/(4), which is parsed as division with implicit multiplication in the numerator. This is confusing and unintuitive. We can definitely fix when we have a custom parser, but can we do anything smarter in the meantime?
evykassirer commented
one thought is to change it to (1 + 3/4) before you send to mathsteps - or do you think that makes it not a mixed fraction anymore and is confusing?
ldworkin commented
Yea, I don't like this solution -- that messes up the pedagogy that Gen wanted for this.
evykassirer commented
ah okay, I see!