REDUCING A FRACTION TO REDUCING A FRACTION TO LOWER TERMSLOWER TERMS

BY: CARLIES HARVILLBY: CARLIES HARVILL

REDUCING A FACTION TO LOWER REDUCING A FACTION TO LOWER TERMS MEANS FINDING AN EQUAL TERMS MEANS FINDING AN EQUAL FRACTION WITH A SMALLER FRACTION WITH A SMALLER NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR.NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR.

• THE NUMERATOR AND DENOMINATOR OF A FRACTION ARE SOMETIMES CALLED TERMS.

TO REDUCE A FRACTION, DIVIDE THE TO REDUCE A FRACTION, DIVIDE THE NUMERATOR AND THE DENOMINATOR NUMERATOR AND THE DENOMINATOR BY THE SAME NUMBER.BY THE SAME NUMBER.

• THE FRACTION HAS BEEN REDUCED TO LOWEST TERMS WHEN NO NUMBER EXCEPT ONE WILL DIVIDE EVENLY INTO THE NUMERASTOR AND THE DENOMINATOR.

REDUCE 8/10 TO LOWEST TERMS.REDUCE 8/10 TO LOWEST TERMS.

• THE NUMBER 2 WILL DIVIDE EVENLY INTO BOTH THE NUMERATOR AND THE DENOMINATOR.

810

=10 / 28 / 2

=45

• THE FRACTION 4/5 IS IN LOWEST TERMS BECAUSE NO NUMBER EXCEPT 1 WILL DIVIDE EVENLY INTO BOTH 4 AND 5.

CHECK YOUR WORK BY CROSS- CHECK YOUR WORK BY CROSS- MULTIPLYING.MULTIPLYING.

810

45

• THE FRATIONS 8/10 AND 4/5 ARE EQUAL FRACTIONS.

8 X 5 = 4010 X 4 = 40

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