Summer Skills worksheets - All Saints
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SKILL<br />
20<br />
Name Date Period<br />
Simplifying Fractions<br />
To write a fraction in simplest form, divide both the numerator and<br />
denominator by their greatest common factor (GCF).<br />
16<br />
Example 1 Write 1<br />
in simplest form.<br />
00<br />
Step 1 Step 2<br />
Find the GCF of 16 and 100.<br />
Divide both 16 and 100 by their<br />
You can use prime factorization. GCF, 4.<br />
16 2 2 2 2 4<br />
100 2 2 5 5<br />
GCF: 2 2 4 1<br />
1<br />
6<br />
4<br />
<br />
00<br />
2 5<br />
4<br />
A fraction is in simplest form when<br />
the GCF of both its numerator and<br />
denominator is 1.<br />
16<br />
4<br />
The fraction 1<br />
written in simplest from is 2<br />
.<br />
00<br />
5<br />
6<br />
Example 2 Write 1 5<br />
in simplest form.<br />
6 3 2 3<br />
15 3 5<br />
GCF: 3 1<br />
6<br />
5 5 2 5 <br />
3<br />
Write each fraction in simplest form.<br />
1. 4 6 2. 2 4 3. 1<br />
6<br />
2 8<br />
4. <br />
1 0<br />
5. 1<br />
6<br />
4<br />
6. 6 9 7. 2 8 8. 1<br />
3<br />
<br />
2<br />
© Glencoe/McGraw-Hill 39 Algebra
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