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What do you do when you divide both the numerator and the denominator of a fraction by the same number in order to reduce the fraction to its lowest term?
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You find the largest number that will go into each and divide each by that number.
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How can you identify if a fraction is in lowest term or not?
Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator and divide them both by it. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is in its simplest form.
How do you reduce and to lowest term the answer?
To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms divide the numerator and the denominator by their highest common factor as for example 12/16 = 3/4
What is a fraction that has no common factors in the numerator or the denominator?
If the numerator and denominator are prime numbers and not equal then they don't have common factors (except 1 which would be a common factor even if the numerator and denominator were prime numbers).
A fraction in which the greatest common factor of the numerator and the denominator is one is written in what?
simplest form or lowest terms
LCD of two or more fractions mean?
LCD is the Lowest Common Denominator which is the lowest number into which the denominators of all the fractions will each divide exactly. Each of the fractions can then be converted to an equivalent fraction with the new denominator which then allows the fractions to be added and/or subtracted.
How do you change fraction to lowest term?
first find the GCF of the number and then divide both numerator and denominator by .
how to write a fraction in lowest terms?
Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator and divide them both by it. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is in its simplest form.
What is the rule for reducing a fraction to its lowest term?
Find the highest common factor (HCF) of the numerator and denominator. If it is 1, then the fraction is already in its lowest term.If not, divide the numerator by the HCF for the new numerator.Divide the denominator by the HCF for the new denominator.The new numerator over the new denominator is the fraction in its lowest terms.
How do you divide a fraction into its lowest terms?
Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator and divide them both by it. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is in its simplest form.
How to you lowest term a fraction?
Divide the numerator and the denominator by their highest common factor.
How do you divide to find an equivalent fraction?
Divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common factor to reduce to its lowest equivalent fraction. For example, 169/260=13/20 after dividing the numerator and the denominator by 13.
The first step in reducing a rational expression is to do what to both the numerator and denominator?
To reduce a fraction to its lowest terms divide the numerator and the denominator by their highest common factor
How do you find the lowest term of a fraction?
You have to divide the fraction by each other then multiply by 100Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator and divide them both by it. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is in its simplest form (lowest terms).
How do you reduce a fraction to lowest terms?
Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator. Divide each of them by that number. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is already in its lowest terms.
How do you change fraction in lowest term?
Find the highest common factor of the numerator and the denominator and divide the factor into both of them to change the fraction into its lowest terms.
How can you identify if a fraction is in lowest term or not?
Find the GCF of the numerator and the denominator and divide them both by it. If the GCF is 1, the fraction is in its simplest form.
When 1 is the only number that you can divide evenly into the numerator and the denominator?
Then the fraction is in its simplest form (lowest terms).
