Fractions Packet - Examples And Worksheets With Answers Page 7
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42Hint 3
5
If the 2 numbers of the fraction end in 0 and/or 5, you can divide by
.
5
45
45
5
9
70
70
5
14
Hint 4
If both numbers end in zeros, you can cancel the zeros in pairs, one from the
10
top and one from the bottom. This is the same as dividing them by
for each
10
cancelled pair.
4000
4000
4
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2
2
50000
50000
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Hint 5
2
3
5
If you have tried to cut the fraction by
and gotten nowhere, you
,
,
2
3
5
should try to see if the top number divides into the bottom one evenly. For
23
none of the other hints help here, but 69
23 = 3. This means you can
,
69
23
23
23
23
1
reduce by
.
23
69
69
23
3
For more help on reducing fractions, see page 13
Exercise 4
(answers on page 39)
Directions: Reduce these fractions to lowest terms
14
80
18
400
1.
2.
3.
4.
18
100
36
5000
20
27
40
63
5.
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36
45
81
9
60
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50
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Fractions Packet
Created by MLC @ 2009 page 7 of 42
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