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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.
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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.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Ask Dr. Math: Solving a Ratio With & Without a Diagram
A student is searching for a solution to a ratio question without using a diagram. Dr. Math helps to break it down both with and without a diagram. An understanding of fractions, multiplication, and basic algebra is necessary to get this...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simplifying Rational Expressions: It's Simple
Learn to simplify rational expressions using factoring. Includes a short video [1:37] and a practice problem in a slideshow.
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.
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.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Simplify Rational Expression
An algebraic expression where both the numerator and the denominator are polynomials e.g.(x+3) / x is called a rational expression. Since the denominator can't be zero there are values of x which are excluded from the rational...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Equations With One Rational Expression
Solve equations that have one rational expression whose numerator and denominator are linear expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simplify Rational Expressions: Common Monomial Factors
Factor the numerator and the denominator of a rational expression and cancel out common monomial factors. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
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.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Equivalent Fractions
Brush up on your math skills relating to equivalent fractions then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Fractions Overview
Brush up on your math skills relating to fractions then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Ratio to Fraction Calculator
Convert ratios to fractions. The ratio to fraction calculator finds fraction equivalents of ratio terms and reduces the fractions to simplest form.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores Equivalent Fractions, simplest form and adding and subtracting fractions.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Simplifying Fractions Calculator
Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers in simplest form. This calculator also simplifies proper fractions by reducing to lowest terms and showing the work involved.
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.
Quia
Quia: Fraction Action Words
Four learning games, including matching and a word search, are available for students to review fraction vocabulary words.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simplifying Rational Expressions: Lesson 2
This lesson demonstrates how to simplify rational expressions. It is 2 of 6 in the series titled "Simplifying Rational Expressions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simplifying Rational Expressions: Lesson 6
This lesson demonstrates how to simplify rational expressions. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Simplifying Rational Expressions."
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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.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Simplifying Multiple Signs
A review of the rules of simplifying expressions that contain multiple positive and negative signs. An online instructional activity is available for practice.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Simplifying Expressions
Find a quick, concise explanation of simplifying expressions. Examples are given and clearly explained.