About the Author Edith Raber was born and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1925. She moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, in her late teens and has lived all her adult life in that city. At the University of Winnipeg, she studied philosophy, calculus and the theory of equations. It was hit and miss.
Fractions is the most difficult concept to teach and learn.
It is also important that children memorize their times tables. She has also led two workshops for the Literacy Workers Alliance of Manitoba. Edith Raber has four children and six grandchildren.