Reducing FractionsVersión en línea Review Video! How do you reduce (or simplify) a fraction? por Camille Fontenelle 1 6/8 represents the same amount as 3/4 Select one or more answers a True b False 2 6 is the greatest common factor of 6 and 18. Select one or more answers a True b False 3 Reduce 9/12 Written answer 4 Reduce 4/14 Written answer Explanation 1 True! Those fractions are equivalent, which means that the represent the SAME amount. Just like if I eat 1/2 of a pizza and Mr. Mario eats 2/4 of the pizza, we are eating the same amount. Yum! 2 True! The common factors of 6 and 18 are 1, 2, 3, and 6. So 6 is the GCF or greatest common factor. Now, I can just divide by 6 to get 1/3 in one step! 3 The GCF (greatest common factor) of 9/12 is 3 so if you divide both the numerator and the denominator by 3 the answer is 3/4 4 The greatest common factor is 2 so you divide numerator and denominator by 2 to get the reduced fraction 2/7
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