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Help With Fractions: Simplifying Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: Dividing Fractions by Fractions

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Students review how to divide fractions by fractions. Practice problems are included.
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Math Is Fun

Math Is Fun: Simplifying Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
The learning activity examines how to simplify fractions. The resource consists of explanations, examples with solutions, and a simplifying fraction tool.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Arithmetic: Fractions in Simplest Form

For Students 6th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Simplify fractions by dividing by the greatest common factor.
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Doina Popovici

Math Play: Soccer Math: Multiplying Fractions Game

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
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.
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That Quiz

That Quiz: Practice Test: Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource allows users to test their knowledge of fractions. Express fractions, mixed fractions, decimals, percents and ratios in lowest terms.
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Oswego City School District

Regents Exam Prep Center: Simplifying (Or Reducing) Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Strict Fraction Multiplication With Lines

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
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.
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Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Rename in Lowest Terms

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Practice finding the lowest term name for a variety of different fractions using a number line.
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Visual Fractions

Visual Fractions: Rename to Lowest Terms With Lines

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Purple Math

Purplemath: Reducing Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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Lesson Tutor

Lesson Tutor: Reducing Fractions

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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...
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Practice Problems: Fractions, Number Theory

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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...
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Learning Wave Communications

Learning Wave: Fractions

For Students 6th - 8th
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.
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Homeschool Math

Homeschool Math: Simplifying Fractions

For Teachers 5th Standards
5th grade lesson explains how to simplify a fraction.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Reducing to Simplest Form

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to reduce fractions to their lowest terms. Includes video demonstrating a sample problem [1:00] and a set of practice...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Elem Math: Reducing Simplest Form Word Problems

For Students 4th - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students must solve word problems where they are asked to reduce fractions to their lowest terms. Includes video demonstrating a sample...
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Other

Mathway: Basic Math Examples: Reduce the Fraction

For Students 9th - 10th
Step-by-step example provided on reducing fractions. Enter a problem then pick which operation to perform.
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Doina Popovici

Math Play: Baseball Math: Simplifying Fractions Game

For Students 2nd - 6th Standards
Students hit a baseball to answer the simplifying fraction problems.
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Paul Dawkins

Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Preliminaries: Rational Expressions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Detailed math tutorial features notes and examples that define rational expressions and investigate how to reduce a rational expression to lowest terms, add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational expressions.
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Education Development Center

Tune in to Learning: Math Lesson Working With Ratios

For Students 2nd - 5th
Did you know that chefs must know how to use ratios in order to prepare meals? Learn the value of understanding how to write ratios, ratio proportionality, and ratios in lowest terms in this interactive lesson. Based on real world...
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Lawrence Hall of Science

The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Skill in Algebra: Algebraic Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how to find a common denominator between two rational expressions and how to reduce a fraction that involves factoring. There are example problems solved, problems for the student to attempt, and answers to the student problems....
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AAA Math

Aaa Math: How to Determine a Ratio

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Learners practice writing ratios in lowest terms. The resource consists of a tutorial and self-check practice problems.
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Math Medics

S.o.s. Math: Reducing Fractions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains step-by-step how to reduce fractions. Gives examples and exercises to practice this skill.