Simplifying Fractions

Fraction Basic Skills

- Simplifying fractions

- Comparing fractions

- Finding common denominators

How do we simplify?

• Identify common factors

• Divide/multiply by that common factor

Lets take it step by step

Step number one is to find the common factors

Multiple Select

What factors multiply to give us a product of 8?

• 1 x 8

• 3 x 3

• 4 x 2

• 6 x 8

Nice job! So our factors of 8 are:

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

Multiple Select

What are the factor pairs that give us a product of 32?

• 1 x 32

• 4 x 8

• 3 x 12

• 2 x 16

• 3 x 11

Great job! So the factors of 32 are:

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 8

• 16

• 32

Multiple Choice

So, what is our greatest common factor?

• 8

• 1

• 4

• 2

Now we need to divide the GCF into the numerator and the denominator

You got this!

Multiple Choice

 $\frac{8}{32}$  What is the simplified version?

•  $\frac{3}{5}$  

•  $\frac{1}{4}$  

•  $\frac{2}{4}$  

•  $\frac{1}{3}$  

Poll

How do you feel about this?

• Great, I got this!

• Eh, not really sure...

• This makes no sense...

• I'm not really sure...

Let's do some more practice!

Woohoo!

Multiple Choice

 $\frac{9}{63}$  What is the simplified fraction?

•  $\frac{1}{7}$  

•  $\frac{3}{7}$  

•  $\frac{2}{5}$  

•  $\frac{4}{9}$  

Multiple Choice

 $\frac{48}{4}$  What is the simplified fraction?

•  $\frac{4}{12}$  

•  $12$  

•  $\frac{12}{4}$  

•  $\frac{5}{12}$  

Multiple Choice

 $\frac{24}{36}$  

What is the simplified fraction?

•  $\frac{3}{8}$  

•  $\frac{5}{8}$  

•  $\frac{4}{6}$  

•  $\frac{2}{3}$  

Poll

How do you feel right now?

• I crushed it!

• I need some more practice!

• I am completely confused!

• I'm not sure what to say...

Open Ended

Do you have any questions?