Curated OER
Greatest Common Factors
In this algebra worksheet, students solve problems using the GCF. They factor out the common variables and simplify the equations. There are 8 questions with an answer key.
Curated OER
Misconceptions: Multiplications Can Increase or Decrease a Number
In this misconceptions of multiplication instructional activity, students read questions, then common misconceptions and their corrections and complete follow-up exercises.
Curated OER
Fuel Saving
Students explore the problem of percentages. Students find a given fraction or percentage of a quantity. Students devise and use problem solving strategies on problems explored.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Adding and Subtracting Fractions
Use this site to learn how to add and subtract algebraic fractions, even if there aren't common denominators. Provides plenty of examples.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: Web Math: Reducing a Fraction to Lowest Terms
This WebMath site explains step-by-step how to reduce (simplify) a fraction that you enter to the lowest terms.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Multiplying Fractions Millionaire Game
This Millionaire Game challenges students to multiply fractions and simplify answers to lowest terms.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Soccer Math: Simplifying Fractions Game
This sports game challenges students to simplify fractions into lowest terms and then score a goal with the soccer ball.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Self Check Quizzes 1 Simplifying Fractions
Use Glencoe's randomly generated self-checking quiz to test your knowledge of simplifying and finding equivalent fractions. Each question has a "Hint" link to help. Choose the correct answer for each problem. At the bottom of the page...
Math Medics
S.o.s. Math: Simple Fractions
This S.O.S. tutorial gives students a basic review of simple fractions. Follow the tutorial to refresh your skills involving simple fraction manipulations. Each section contains problems with links to the answers.
Other
Help With Fractions: Reducing Fractions by Factorization
The rules for reducing fractions using factorization are clearly explained at this website. This is an excellent place to get step by step explanations for working with fractions.
Other
Help With Fractions: Simplifying Fractions
The rules for simplifying fractions are clearly explained at this website. An explanation of how to simplify improper fractions is also included. This is an excellent place to get step by step explanations for working with fractions.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Dividing Fractions by Fractions
Students review how to divide fractions by fractions. Practice problems are included.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Simplifying Fractions
The learning activity examines how to simplify fractions. The resource consists of explanations, examples with solutions, and a simplifying fraction tool.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions in Simplest Form
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simplify fractions by dividing by the greatest common factor.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Soccer Math: Multiplying Fractions Game
This sports game challenges students to multiply fractions and put answers in simplest form. If their answers are correct, students get an opportunity to score a goal.
That Quiz
That Quiz: Practice Test: Fractions
This resource allows users to test their knowledge of fractions. Express fractions, mixed fractions, decimals, percents and ratios in lowest terms.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Simplifying (Or Reducing) Fractions
At this site from the Oswego City School District, you can learn how to simplify fraction (rational expression) that contain monomials or higher degree polynomials. Reducing fractions is made easier with help from this page.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Strict Fraction Multiplication With Lines
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to multiply fractions. Answers need to be given in lowest terms. Explanations are available for each question, and immediate feedback is provided.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Rename in Lowest Terms
Practice finding the lowest term name for a variety of different fractions using a number line.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Reducing Fractions
Any number, divided by itself, is just 1. Use this fact when reducing fractions. This resource helps you learn about how to reduce fractions. It has few worked out examples with detailed explanations.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Rename to Lowest Terms With Lines
Use this interactive resource to practice simplifying fractions into lowest terms. Explanations are available for each question and you receive immediate feedback for your answers.
Lesson Tutor
Lesson Tutor: Reducing Fractions
The definition of a fraction begins this site, which then moves to the steps of how to reduce a fraction. What makes two fractions equivalent and how do you correctly move from one to the other? These questions are answered by the use of...
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Fractions, Number Theory
Twenty problems presented on the topics: factors, prime/composite and many aspects of working with fractions. They are given with each step to the solution cleverly revealed one at a time. You can work each step of the problem then click...
Learning Wave Communications
Learning Wave: Fractions
This resource contains information about fractions and includes ratios, equivalent fractions, basic operations, and reciprocals. Several links for practice problems are also included, along with links to a post and pretest.