The GCF helps in reducing fractions to their simplest form.
The term for the simplest form for fractions is "lowest terms". If the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is 1, then the fraction is in lowest terms.
Greatest on a list of proper fractions, least on a list of improper fractions.
Arranged from least to greatest, the numerators and denominators are the times tables of the simplest form.
you have to compare the common fractions
When doing fractions it is the greatest common factor (GCF) and the least common multiple (LCM). You want the GCF when you are reducing fractions to their simplest form. When changing the denominators to a common one, you want the LCM.
Listing the fractions is ascending (or descending) order.
Greatest Common Factor refers to whole numbers, not fractions. The simplest form of 14/18 is 7/9.
When reducing fractions to their lowest terms
Fractions are ratios. Equivalent fractions form a proportion.
Finding the GCF helps to reduce fractions to their simplest form. Knowing the GCF can help to find the LCM, which assists in adding and subtracting fractions.
Least to greatest, they are 7.018, 7.18, 7.1811, 7.2