In maths lately, we have been learning to simplify fractions.
Often, when answering questions on a worksheet, you’re asked to “Give your answer in its simplest form”.
This means, if your fraction is something like 5/10, if you know that 5 is half of 10, then you know that 5/10 is equivalent to 1/2.
Some are a bit harder, though. You could have one like 14/21. That looks scary, until you think about it. When you work out that 14 and 21 are both divisible by 7, 14÷7=2 and 21÷7=3 , then your answer becomes 2/3.
Some fractions, eg. 7/9 can’t be simplified any further, so that number would remain the same.
Here’s something that might help:
Hope this was helpful, thanks for reading!
-Esther 🙂