## anonymous 4 years ago WHATS THE EQUIVELENT FRACTION OF 6/8

1. asnaseer

can you spot common factor goes into both 6 and 8?

2. pokemon23

|dw:1328228092979:dw|

3/4

4. anonymous

12/16 would do too, no? Or 24/32 or 48/64?

5. asnaseer

I don't think it helps the question asker if too many people jump in with multiple ways of solving something. I was /trying/ to teach lil rob first how to simplify a fraction and then how you can find other equivalent fractions.

6. anonymous

WHAT GRACIAS

7. asnaseer

lil rob - do you understand how to do this now?

8. anonymous

NOT REALLY HOW IN THE WORLD DO U GET 3/4 AND THE ANSWER

9. asnaseer

ok - lets go back to where I started. first can you spot what common factor goes into both 6 and 8?

10. anonymous

NO HOW DO I FIND THE FACTOR

11. asnaseer

BTW: Typing in capital letters generally means you are shouting - which I assume you are not? :)

12. anonymous

no

13. asnaseer

6 and 8 can both be divided by 2

14. asnaseer

correct?

15. anonymous

yes

16. asnaseer

ok, so we can now simplify the fraction as follows: |dw:1328228607940:dw| by dividing both the numerator and denominator by 2.

17. anonymous

so whats 5/6

18. asnaseer

where did 5/6 come from?

19. anonymous

thats my second math problem

20. asnaseer

lets finish the first problem first :)

21. asnaseer

so you understand how we simplified 6/8 to 3/4?

22. anonymous

yes

23. asnaseer

ok, now a fraction remains the same if you multiply both the numerator and the denominator by the same value.

24. anonymous

ok so how do u have the anser for 5/6

25. asnaseer

so, for example, we can multiply both numerator and denominator by 10 to get:$\frac{3}{4}=\frac{3*10}{4*10}=\frac{30}{40}$so 6/8, 3/4 and 30/40 are ALL equivalent fractions.

26. asnaseer

you should now be able to apply the same principal to your second question.

27. anonymous

ok now wich is not the equivelent fraction to 1/2 a.2/4 b3/6 c5/8 d6/12

c

29. asnaseer

just apply what you have learnt above to each one.

30. anonymous

ok thnaks

31. asnaseer

e.g.$\frac{1}{2}=\frac{1*2}{2*2}=\frac{2}{4}$so 2/4 is equivalent to 1/2 apply same process to each one and you should be able to work it out.

32. asnaseer

alternatively, try simplifying each of them to see if you end up with 1/2

33. anonymous

gracias

34. asnaseer

yw