Simplifying Fractions
What is GCF?
Greatest Common Factor- used for simplifying fractions
What is the LCM between 15 and 30?
30.
What is LCM?
Least Common Multiple - AKA LCD (least common denominator) when doing fraction operations; used for finding equivalent fractions or adding/subtracting fractions
What is the first step when adding/subtracting fractions?
Make sure that the denominators are the same by using LCD.
What is the name of the top digit in a fraction?
Numerator
What is the GCF between 8 and 10?
2
Are 5/15 and 1/3 equivalent? Why or why not?
Yes because 5/15 can be simplified to 1/3 by dividing both numerator and denominator by 5.
What is the LCM between 4 and 6? Use that to help you solve 1/4 + 2/6.
LCM = 12
7/12
LCD = 18
11/18
What is the name of the bottom digit of a fraction?
Simplify 8/10.
4/5
What is an equivalent fraction of 2/5? Draw a visual representation?
What is 1/6 + 3/4? Draw a visual representation.
11/12 Answers may vary
What is 3/8 - 1/4? Draw a visual representation.
1/8 Drawing may vary
What is 8/8 equal to?
1
Simplify 18/72.
1/4
What is the missing value?
4/? = 16/36
9
Simplify 2/3 + 8/9
14/9 or 1 and 5/9
Find the value of the expression: 11/12 - 5/6
1/12
Joaquin has a small garden. Her garden is 1/4 tomatoes, 1/3 zucchini, and 2/5 carrots. How much of the garden is vegetables?
1/4 + 1/3 + 2/5 = 59/60
Write 2 fractions that simplify to 2/3.
Answers may vary: 4/6, 24/36, etc.
Write 3 equivalent fractions to 3/8.
Answers may vary: 6/16, 9/24, 12/32, etc.
Find the value:
1/3 + 2/6 + 3/12
11/12
Create an expression whose difference is 3/8 (Note: they must have unlike denominators)
Answers may vary
1/2 - 1/8
Carlos walks 7/8 of a mile to school. Marco walks 1/5 of a mile to school. Jenny walks 1/2 of a mile to school. How much farther, in miles, does Carlos walk to school than Marcos and Jenny combined? Express your solution as a simplified fraction.
1/5 + 1/2 = 7/10
7/8 - 7/10 = 7/40
7/40 of a mile