Reducing Fractions Exercises

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Course: [CB DRAFT] MA006: Foundations of Real World Math
Book: Reducing Fractions Exercises
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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. \(3 / 2\)