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.
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.
Lawrence Hall of Science
The Math Page: Skill in Algebra: Skill in Algebra: Algebraic Fractions
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....
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.
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.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: How to Determine a Ratio
Learners practice writing ratios in lowest terms. The resource consists of a tutorial and self-check practice problems.
Cool Math
Coolmath: Coolmath4kids: Simplifying Fractions
Short tutorial explaining how to simplify fractions. Includes sample problems to try.
Visual Fractions
Visual Fractions: Strict Fraction Division With Lines
Use this interactive site from Visual Fractions to divide fractions. Your answers need to be given in lowest terms. Explanations are available for each question, and you receive immediate feedback for your answers.
Education Development Center
Tune in to Learning: Math Lesson Working With Ratios
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...
Homeschool Math
Homeschool Math: Simplifying Fractions
5th grade lesson explains how to simplify a fraction.
Other
Project Happy Child: Simplifying Fractions Worksheets
At this location there are three simple stories that explain the basic concept of simplifying fractions or finding their lowest terms. Then there are 12 worksheets that increase in difficulty to help students practice this concept.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Simplifying Fractions
This site explains how to simplify fractions, then offers problems and games to practice this skill.
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.
The Math League
The Math League: Fractions
This tutorial covers all types of fractions with simple explanations on how to work with them.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reducing Rational Expressions to Lowest Terms
Learn what it means to reduce a rational expression to lowest terms, and how it's done!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Rational Expressions
This lesson will introduce you to rational expressions. You will learn how to determine when a rational expression is undefined and how to find its domain.
Paul Dawkins
Paul's Online Notes: Algebra: Preliminaries: Rational Expressions
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.
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.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Converting Improper Fractions
This lesson demonstrates how to rewrite an improper fraction as a mixed number.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Simplest Form
Given a set of equations students will be able to explain how to reduce fractions to simplest form and determine if the given set of fractions are equivalent.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Reducing or Simplifying Fractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart introduces how to simplify or reduce a fraction to the lowest terms. Prerequisites include: multiplying fractions, factoring, introduction to the concept of the Greatest Common Factor.
AAA Math
Aaa Math: Percents to Fractions
This site explains how to convert percents to fractions. Games and exercises are provided to practice the skill.
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.