Reducing Fractions to the Simplest Form Copyright © 2013 Kelly Mo
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Reducing Fractions to the Simplest Form
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Reducing FractionsPart 1: LessonPart 2: YouTube VideoPart 3: Online Practice
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FOCUS QUESTION: How do you reduce
fractions?
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• When you reduce a fraction, you try to get it to the simplest form.
• To get a fraction in simplest form, you must by the divide the numerator and denominator by the greatest common factor.
812
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PRACTICE: Let’s reduce some fractions!
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k j
4
6=
6 8
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PRACTICE 1: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
PRACTICE 2: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
k j
912
=
610
=
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k j
714
=
810
=
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PRACTICE 3: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
k j
2
12=
510
=
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PRACTICE 4: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
k j
12
16=
4 12
=
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PRACTICE 5: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
PRACTICE 6: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
k j
6
12=
1025
=
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k j
6
24=
1525
=
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PRACTICE 7: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
k j
9
18=
1030
=
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PRACTICE 8: To get a number in simplest form, you have to divide by the greatest common factor.
How did you do?
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YouTube Video: Reducing Fractions
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dezV0ruH0k
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Online Practice:Reducing Fractions Game:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/fractions/reduce_fractions_shoot.htm
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