diff --git a/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.cpp b/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d5181372c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,227 @@
+#include "PartialFrac.h"
+
+PartialFrac::PartialFrac()
+{
+
+}
+
+std::string PartialFrac::PartialFracDecomp(std::string equation)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> fraction = splitEquationString(equation);
+    std::string num = fraction[0];
+    std::string denom = fraction[1];
+    std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> factoredNum;
+    std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> factoredDenom;
+    factoredNum = factorExpr(num);
+    factoredDenom = factorExpr(denom);
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> coeffMatrix = createCoeffMatrix(factoredNum, factoredDenom);
+    std::vector<int> coeff = solveMatrix(coeffMatrix);
+    std::vector<std::string> factors = splitDenom(denom);
+    std::string finalstring = stringBuilder(coeff, factors);
+    return finalstring;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> PartialFrac::splitEquationString(std::string equation)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> tmp;
+    tmp.resize(2);
+    //the following find statements scan for all types of ways the user could have typed their equation
+    size_t pos = equation.find(")/(");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        tmp[0] = equation.substr(0, pos + 1);
+        tmp[1] = equation.substr(pos + 2, equation.length());
+        return tmp;
+    }
+    pos = equation.find(")/");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        tmp[0] = equation.substr(0, pos + 1);
+        tmp[1] = equation.substr(pos + 2, equation.length());
+        return tmp;
+    }
+    pos = equation.find("/(");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        tmp[0] = equation.substr(0, pos);
+        tmp[1] = equation.substr(pos + 1, equation.length());
+        return tmp;
+    }
+    pos = equation.find("/");
+    if (pos != std::string::npos)
+    {
+        tmp[0] = equation.substr(0, pos);
+        tmp[1] = equation.substr(pos + 1, equation.length());
+        return tmp;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        throw "Error in splitEquationString method; could not find a division symbol";
+    }
+}
+
+//bool PartialFrac::factoredForm(std::string denom)
+//{
+//    int pos = denom.find("^");
+//    if (pos == std::string::npos)
+//        return true;
+//    else
+//        return false;
+//}
+
+std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> PartialFrac::factorExpr(std::string equation)
+{
+    //probably going to use some Algebra class logic here, so I am going to leave this blank for now
+    throw "Not implemented";
+}
+
+std::vector<std::vector<int>> PartialFrac::createCoeffMatrix(std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> num, std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> denom)
+{
+    //finding the RHS equation
+    //for each position, the value is equal to all other positions multiplied together.
+    std::vector<std::string> RHSexpressions;
+    std::string LHSexpression;
+    for (int i = 0; i < denom.size(); i++)
+    {
+        std::string expression;
+        for (int j = 0; j < denom.size(); j++)
+        {
+            if (i != j)
+            {
+                std::string tmp = "(" + denom[j].variable + " " + denom[j].operation + " " + std::to_string(denom[j].constant) + ")";
+                if (j == denom.size() - 1)
+                    expression += tmp;
+                else
+                    expression += tmp + " * ";
+            }
+        }
+        //Algebra intermediate = Algebra(expression);
+        //intermediate.format();
+        //RHSexpressions.push_back(intermediate.simplifyExpression());
+    }
+
+    //finding LHS expression
+    std::string expression;
+    for (int i = 0; i < num.size(); i++)
+    {
+            std::string tmp = "(" + num[i].variable + " " + num[i].operation + " " + std::to_string(num[i].constant) + ")";
+            if (i == num.size() - 1)
+                expression += tmp;
+            else
+                expression += tmp + " * ";
+    }
+    // Algebra intermediate = Algebra(expression);
+    // intermediate.format();
+    // LHSexpression = intermediate.simplifyExpression();
+
+    //creating the matrix to store the values; I am resizing the vectors since I need to start at the bottom right instead of the top left
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> matrix;
+    matrix.resize(RHSexpressions.size() + 1);
+    for (int i = 0; i < matrix.size(); i++)
+    {
+        matrix[i].resize(RHSexpressions.size());
+    }
+    /*Now that we have the expressions, now we need to add their scalars into the matrix
+      Assuming that the Algebra class has return expressions ordered from highest power to lowest power with 'x' as the variable
+      since we have them all in strings with white spaces separating terms and operators, we can parse the string for values.*/
+    //extracting RHS coefficients
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> RHScoeffs;
+    for (int i = 0; i < RHSexpressions.size(); i++)
+    {
+        int innerpos = 0;
+        std::vector<char> buffer;
+        for (std::string::reverse_iterator rit = RHSexpressions[i].rbegin(); rit != RHSexpressions[i].rend(); ++rit)
+        {
+            if (*rit == ' ')
+            {
+                if (buffer.size() != 0) //the above statement will trigger after we pass an operation character; this saves the code inside from executing on an empty buffer
+                {
+                    std::stringstream ss;
+                    for (size_t k = buffer.size() - 1; k >= 0; k++)
+                    {
+                        ss << buffer[k];
+                    }
+                    ss >> RHScoeffs[i][innerpos++];
+                }
+                
+            }
+            else if (*rit == 'x' || *rit == '+' || *rit == '-' || *rit == '*' || *rit == '/') // ignoring variables and operations
+                continue;
+            else    //number detected
+                buffer.push_back(*rit);
+        }
+    }
+    //extracting LHS coefficients
+    std::vector<int> LHScoeffs;
+    int pos = 0;
+    std::vector<char> buffer;
+    for (std::string::reverse_iterator rit = LHSexpression.rbegin(); rit != LHSexpression.rend(); ++rit)
+    {
+        if (*rit == ' ')
+        {
+            if (buffer.size()
+                != 0) // the above statement will trigger after we pass an operation character; this saves the code inside from executing on an empty buffer
+            {
+                std::stringstream ss;
+                for (size_t k = buffer.size() - 1; k >= 0; k++)
+                {
+                    ss << buffer[k];
+                }
+                ss >> LHScoeffs[pos++];
+            }
+        }
+        else if (*rit == 'x' || *rit == '+' || *rit == '-' || *rit == '*' || *rit == '/') // ignoring variables and operations
+            continue;
+        else
+            buffer.push_back(*rit);
+    }
+
+    /*
+        The matrix is formatted as follows:
+                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+      s^n coeff of ->  | RHS[M][N-1]   | RHS[M][N-2]   | ... |    RHS[M][1]           |       RHS[M][0]        |       LHS[N-1]         |   matrix[x][0]
+     s^n-1 coeff of->  | RHS[M-1][N-1] | RHS[M-1][N-2] | ... |    RHS[M-1][1]         |       RHS[M-1][0]      |       LHS[N-2]         |   matrix[x][1]
+         ...           |    ...        |    ...        | ... |      ...               |         ...            |       ...              |   ...
+        s coeff of ->  | RHS[1][N-1]   | RHS[1][N-2]   | ... |    RHS[1][1]           |       RHS[1][0]        |       LHS[1]           |   matrix[x][matrix[x].size()-2]
+    const coeff of ->  | RHS[0][N-1]   | RHS[0][N-2]   | ... |    RHS[0][1]           |       RHS[0][0]        |       LHS[0]           |   matrix[x][matrix[x].size()-1]
+                        ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+                         matrix[0]       matrix[1]       ...   matrix[matrix.size()-3]  matrix[matrix.size()-2]  matrix[matrix.size()-1]
+    */
+
+    //LHS coeffs
+    //this will fill up the right-most column of the matrix
+    for (int N = 0; N < LHScoeffs.size(); N++)
+    {
+        matrix[matrix.size() - 1][matrix.size() - (N+1)] = LHScoeffs[N];
+    }
+
+    //RHS coeffs
+    //this will fill up the rest of the matrix
+    int N = 0;
+    size_t startpos = matrix.size() - 2;
+    for (size_t i = matrix[startpos].size() - 1; i >= 0; i--)
+    {
+        for (int M = 0; M > RHScoeffs.size(); M++)
+        {
+            matrix[i][matrix[i].size() - (M + 1)] = RHScoeffs[M][N];
+        }
+        N++;
+    }
+    
+    return matrix;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> PartialFrac::splitDenom(std::string denom)
+{
+    throw "Not implemented";
+}
+
+std::vector<int> PartialFrac::solveMatrix(std::vector<std::vector<int>> matrix)
+{
+    throw "Not implemented";
+}
+
+std::string PartialFrac::stringBuilder(std::vector<int> coeff, std::vector<std::string> factors)
+{
+    throw "Not implemented";
+}
diff --git a/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.h b/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d69a437d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CalcManager/CEngine/PartialFrac.h
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <vector>
+/**
+ * Module Name: PartialFrac.h
+ * Author: Jared Gibson
+ * Module Description:
+ *       The class definition for the PartialFrac class responsible for performing
+ *       basic partial fraction decomposition (no long division, no repeated roots, no imaginary roots)
+ * Created: 16-April-2020
+ */
+
+class PartialFrac
+{
+public:
+    PartialFrac();
+    ///\returns the partial fraction decomposition of the equation provided
+    std::string PartialFracDecomp(std::string equation);
+    ///\returns a vector where [0] is the numerator and [1] is denominator
+    std::vector<std::string> splitEquationString(std::string equation);
+    struct factor {
+        std::string variable;
+        std::string operation;
+        int constant; };
+    ///\returns a factored form of denom using the factor struct to encapsulate a single factor
+    std::vector<factor> factorExpr(std::string equation);
+    ///\returns a vector that holds a factor at each index
+    std::vector<std::string> splitDenom(std::string denom);
+    ///\returns a matrix with the coefficients for the partial frac decomp
+    std::vector<std::vector<int>> createCoeffMatrix(std::vector<factor> num, std::vector<factor> denom);
+    ///\returns the coefficients of the partial fract decomp
+    std::vector<int> solveMatrix(std::vector<std::vector<int>> matrix);
+    ///\returns a string that represents the partial frac decomp
+    std::string stringBuilder(std::vector<int> coeff, std::vector<std::string> factors);
+
+    /***************
+    Methods that I think I no longer need
+
+    ///\returns true if denom is in factored form
+    bool factoredForm(std::string denom);
+    ***************/
+
+};
diff --git a/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj b/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj
index 80940c6a3..95b0a8d0c 100644
--- a/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj
+++ b/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj
@@ -281,6 +281,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="CalculatorHistory.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="CalculatorManager.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="CalculatorResource.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="CEngine\PartialFrac.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="Command.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ExpressionCommand.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="ExpressionCommandInterface.h" />
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\History.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\CalcInput.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\Number.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="CEngine\PartialFrac.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\Rational.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\scicomm.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="CEngine\scidisp.cpp" />
@@ -346,4 +348,4 @@
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets" />
-</Project>
+</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj.filters b/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj.filters
index ad7670a02..1f437f221 100644
--- a/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/CalcManager/CalcManager.vcxproj.filters
@@ -90,6 +90,9 @@
       <Filter>CEngine</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
     <ClCompile Include="NumberFormattingUtils.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="CEngine\PartialFrac.cpp">
+      <Filter>CEngine</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="Command.h" />
@@ -161,5 +164,8 @@
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
     <ClInclude Include="NumberFormattingUtils.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="CEngine\PartialFrac.h">
+      <Filter>CEngine</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj
index 13375dd03..0b273b0c1 100644
--- a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj
+++ b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj
@@ -244,6 +244,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Mocks\CurrencyHttpClient.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="MultiWindowUnitTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="NavCategoryUnitTests.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="PartialFracTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="RationalTest.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="StandardViewModelUnitTests.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="UnitConverterTest.cpp" />
diff --git a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj.filters b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj.filters
index 2121a4616..cc076e3cb 100644
--- a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/CalculatorUnitTests.vcxproj.filters
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="Example.cpp">
       <Filter>Team 11 Unit Tests</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="PartialFracTests.cpp">
+      <Filter>Team 11 Unit Tests</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="DateUtils.h" />
diff --git a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/Example.cpp b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/Example.cpp
index 3e7fafe4d..41f75571e 100644
--- a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/Example.cpp
+++ b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/Example.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
 
-namespace Example
+namespace Team11_UnitTests
 {
     ///
     /// An example to showcase how to create unit tests; in order to run tests
diff --git a/src/CalculatorUnitTests/PartialFracTests.cpp b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/PartialFracTests.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f517f23a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CalculatorUnitTests/PartialFracTests.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "CppUnitTest.h"
+#include "CEngine\PartialFrac.h"
+
+
+using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;
+
+namespace Team11_UnitTests
+{
+    TEST_CLASS(PartialFracUnitTests)
+    {
+    public:
+        TEST_METHOD(test_splitEquationString)
+        {
+            PartialFrac testObj = PartialFrac();
+
+            std::string input1 = "(x+1)/(x+2)(x+3)";
+            std::string expectedNum1 = "(x+1)";
+            std::string expectedDenom1 = "(x+2)(x+3)";
+            std::vector<std::string> output1 = testObj.splitEquationString(input1);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output1[0], expectedNum1);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output1[1], expectedDenom1);
+
+            std::string input2 = "x+1/(x+2)(x+3)";
+            std::string expectedNum2 = "x+1";
+            std::string expectedDenom2 = "(x+2)(x+3)";
+            std::vector<std::string> output2 = testObj.splitEquationString(input2);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output2[0], expectedNum2);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output2[1], expectedDenom2);
+
+            std::string input3 = "x+1/x+2";
+            std::string expectedNum3 = "x+1";
+            std::string expectedDenom3 = "x+2";
+            std::vector<std::string> output3 = testObj.splitEquationString(input3);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output3[0], expectedNum3);
+            Assert::AreEqual(output3[1], expectedDenom3);
+        }
+        //this method WILL fail since the algebra class is not implemented
+        TEST_METHOD(test_createCeoffMatrix)
+        {
+            PartialFrac testObj = PartialFrac();
+
+            std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> num;
+            PartialFrac::factor tmp1;
+            tmp1.variable = "x";
+            tmp1.operation = "+";
+            tmp1.constant = 1;
+            num.push_back(tmp1);
+
+            std::vector<PartialFrac::factor> denom;
+            tmp1.variable = "x";
+            tmp1.operation = "+";
+            tmp1.constant = 2;
+            denom.push_back(tmp1);
+            tmp1.variable = "x";
+            tmp1.operation = "+";
+            tmp1.constant = 3;
+            denom.push_back(tmp1);
+
+            /*
+            expected matrix
+            -------------
+            | 1 | 1 | 1 |
+            | 3 | 2 | 1 |
+            -------------
+            */
+            std::vector<std::vector<int>> expectedOutput;
+            expectedOutput.resize(3);
+            expectedOutput[0].push_back(1);
+            expectedOutput[0].push_back(3);
+            expectedOutput[1].push_back(1);
+            expectedOutput[1].push_back(2);
+            expectedOutput[3].push_back(1);
+            expectedOutput[3].push_back(1);
+
+            std::vector<std::vector<int>> output = testObj.createCoeffMatrix(num, denom);
+
+            Assert::AreEqual(output, expectedOutput);
+        }
+    };
+}