ANALYSIS ON THE ABILITY OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENT WHO HAD HIGH MATHEMATICS ABILITY IN MAKING THE EQUATION OF FRACTIONS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to analyze the ability of fifth grade elementary school student who had high mathematic ability in making the equation of fractions. This kind of research was qualitative by a student subject. Data collection was conducted by giving a test to the subject, continued by interviews. The next stage was data analysis, include reduce the data, presentate the data, conclusion and verificate the data. Subject was given a test containing an equation  as initial equation. Then, subject was asked to make an another equation as equivalent as initial one as much as possible. The result test indicated that subject able to make the eleven equations correctly. The following steps were (1) subject changed the initial equation element position; (2) subject refered on , then changed both elements known to the another equivalent fraction; (3) subject changed the operan known at initial equation to the another equivalent fraction without changed the position of elements at initial equation ; (4) subject refered on , then changed both elements known to the another equivalent fraction; (5) subject changed the element position from initial equation, then added both elements with an element or an