Reducing Fractions Exercises

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Course: RWM101: Foundations of Real World Math
Book: Reducing Fractions Exercises
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Date: Monday, October 14, 2024, 2:10 PM

Description

Complete this assessment to practice reducing fractions and check your answers. If you need more practice, do Problem Sets 2 and 3.

Reducing Fractions 1

Problem Set 1

Reduce each fraction to lowest terms.

1. \frac{4}{6}= \text{_________}

2. \frac{8}{2}= \text{_________}

3. -\frac{3}{12}= \text{_________}

4. \frac{8}{6}= \text{_________}

5. -\frac{2}{4}= \text{_________}

6. \frac{18}{12}= \text{_________}


Problem Set 2

1. \frac{6}{4}= \text{_________}

2. \frac{6}{3}= \text{_________}

3. -\frac{10}{4}= \text{_________}

4. \frac{3}{12}= \text{_________}

5. -\frac{3}{6}= \text{_________}

6. \frac{2}{6}= \text{_________}


Problem Set 3

1. \frac{8}{12}= \text{_________}

2. \frac{6}{2}= \text{_________}

3. -\frac{9}{6}= \text{_________}

4. \frac{3}{9}= \text{_________}

5. -\frac{15}{6}= \text{_________}

6. \frac{9}{6}= \text{_________}



Source: Algebra2Go, https://www.saddleback.edu/faculty/Lperez/Algebra2Go/prealgebra/fractions/fractionReducing1.html
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Answers

Problem Set 1

  1. 2 / 3
  2. 4
  3. -1 / 4
  4. 4 / 3
  5. -1\ / 2
  6. 3 / 2


Problem Set 2

  1. 3 / 2
  2. 2
  3. - 5 / 2
  4. 1 / 4
  5. - 1 / 2
  6. 1 / 3


Problem Set 3

  1. 2 / 3
  2. 3
  3. -3 / 2
  4. 1 / 3
  5. -5 / 2
  6. 3 / 2