Simplifying Fractions Classwork

Convert this mixed number to an improper fraction.

Look at the picture. Is it a mixed number or an improper fraction?

• Mixed number
• Improper fraction

What is another name for simplifying fractions?

• Reduce to its highest terms

• GCF

• LCM

• Reduce to its lowest terms.

Don had a veggie pizza that was cut into 8 equal pieces. He ate 2 pieces and left the other 6 in the box. What fraction of the pizza did he eat? Simplify to its lowest terms.

Dr. Smith has 10 t-shirts. 2 of them are clean and 8 are dirty. What fraction of Dr. Smith's shirts are clean? Simplify to its lowest terms.