National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Height to Weight Ratio
A student asks Dr. Math, "If I have a friend that weighs 155 pounds and is five feet, four inches tall, what is his height-to-weight ratio?" Find out how Dr. Math solves this problem and get a better understanding of the concept of ratio.
The Math League
The Math League: Fractions
This tutorial covers all types of fractions with simple explanations on how to work with them.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ratios and Fractions
A seventh-grade student is having trouble understanding ratios, fractions, and simplest form. Dr. Math to the rescue! Real-world, easy to grasp examples.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Simplifying Fractions
This site explains how to simplify fractions, then offers problems and games to practice this skill.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Simplifying Fractions
Short tutorial explaining how to simplify fractions. Includes sample problems to try.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 5)
Sharpen your computation skills with this interactive worksheet. The focus is adding and subtracting fractions with like and unlike denominators and reducing to lowest terms. Problems are set up horizontally and answers can be checked...
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Simplifying Fractions Soccer Game
An online game where students simplify fractions to get a chance to kick the soccer ball into the goal!
Shodor Education Foundation
Shodor Interactivate: Fraction Four
Students play a generalized version of connect four, gaining the chance to place a piece after simplifying fractions, converting fractions to decimals and percentages, and answering algebra questions involving fractions. Choose...
PBS
Pbs: Area Models for Multiplication of Fractions
Use area models to show a visual representation of the product of two fractions. This interactive exercise focuses on multiplying fractions and reducing them when possible.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Simplifying Rational Expressions
The process of factoring and canceling is used to simplify, multiply, and divide rational expressions. Adding and subtracting rational expressions is also demonstrated, including finding common denominators.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Multiplying Fractions
This lesson teaches students to multiply fractions with other fractions and reduce to the lowest terms. It also offers a learning game to provide practice.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Converting Improper Fractions
This lesson demonstrates how to rewrite an improper fraction as a mixed number.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Kids Math: Simplifying and Reducing Fractions
Understand the steps to do when simplifying and reducing fractions including finding the greatest common factor on this website.
Texas A&M University
Wtamu Virtual Math Lab: College Algebra: Complex Rational Expressions
Learn to simplify complex fractions via this tutorial that features various methods for simplifying, example problems with step-by-step solutions, and practice problems, complete with answers and discussions.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Baseball Math: Simplifying Fractions Baseball Game
Try to hit a home run by simplifying these fractions in this online game.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Reducing Fractions (Simplest Form)
Find a quick, concise explanation of how to find the simplest or lowest form of a fraction. An example is given and clearly explained.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Rational Expressions: Practice Problems
Practice exercise reviews how to reduce a rational expression to lowest terms and how to add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions.
Teaching Treasures Publications
Teaching Treasures: Year Five Math (Page 3)
An interactive worksheet that focuses on adding and subtracting fractions. The worksheet covers concepts such as mixed numbers, reducing to lowest terms, and changing mixed numbers to improper fractions. Problems are set up horizontally...
Lesson Tutor
Lesson Tutor: Divisibility Rules Worksheet
A worksheet of twenty practice problems is given here for students wishing more help with the concept of reducing fractions down to their lowest terms. The first several questions are accompanied with explanation, and a link to the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplying Mixed Numbers Word Problems
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to solve word problems where they must multiply mixed numbers by first converting them to improper fractions,...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Elem Math: Multiplying Two Mixed Numbers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In this learning module, students are asked to multiply two mixed numbers by first converting them to improper fractions, multiplying, then reducing the product to...
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Multiplying Fractions Millionaire Game
An online millionaire game where students multiply fractions and reduce them to their lowest term to answer questions and gain money!
Wyzant
Wyzant: Fraction Simplifying Calculator
This WyzAnt applet allows the user to input fractions--improper or mixed numbers--and have the calculator reduce the fraction or convert it into a mixed number. A good resource for checking students work.