Reducing Fractions
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4Reducing Fractions
Thursday, March 01, 2012
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One of the key times to be sure that your
fraction is in reduced, or simplified, form is
when you report your answers.
Let's take a look at these example fractions
and learn to identify when the fraction is
needing to be reduced versus it already being
in the simplest form.
The focus in identifying theses is to examine if
there is a number, other than 1, that can go in
to both the numerator and the denominator.
For 2/12, 2 can go in to each one, so this one
will need to be reduced.
Let's check 3/9. Three can go in to both, so it
needs to be reduced.
4/8. Four can go in to both numbers, so it
needs to be reduced.
1/4. Only 1 can go in to both numbers. It will
not need to be reduced because it is already in
simplest form.
2/9. There are no numbers, other than 1, that
can go in to both, so it is already in reduced
form.
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