S2

Simplifying Fractions
Reduce the following to their lowest terms.

26 2
1) = 2) 9 =
16 10

6 44
3) = 4) =
9 8

32 9
5) 5 = 6) =
40 36

58 2
7) = 8) 2 =
4 8

16 52
9) = 10) =
28 24

4 3
11) 12 = 12) =
32 6

8 12
13) = 14) 6 =
6 18

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Simplifying Fractions Answer Key

Reduce the following to their lowest terms.

26 13 5 2 1
1) = or 1 2) 9 = 9
16 8 8 10 5

6 2 44 11 1
3) = 4) = or 5
9 3 8 2 2

32 4 9 1
5) 5 = 5 6) =
40 5 36 4

58 29 1 2 1
7) = or 14 8) 2 = 2
4 2 2 8 4

16 4 52 13 1
9) = 10) = or 2
28 7 24 6 6

4 1 3 1
11) 12 = 12 12) =
32 8 6 2

8 4 1 12 2
13) = or 1 14) 6 = 6
6 3 3 18 3

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