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There was a time in all of our lives when we didn't know what 1 + 1 was. We mastered that and moved on. Mathematics is a graduated course of study. Each new task leads to the mastery of a later skill. Finding the GCF helps you to reduce fractions.

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It will help you simplify the fraction

Let's look at 32/64

The greatest common factor is 32, so 32 can be divided from both the numerator and the denominator.

This will leave you with 1/2

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