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Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
8/16
30/36
A
2/3
3
B
4/8
C
1/2
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A
5/6
4
B
3/6
C
6/10
Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
15/60
35/49
A
3/5
B
5/10
C
1/4
A
3/9
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B
5/7
C
7/7
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Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
28/40
45/50
A
7/10
7
B
3/10
C
1/4
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A
9/10
8
B
5/10
C
1/5
Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
14/24
21/36
A
2/4
B
7/12
C
7/24
A
3/6
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B
11/16
C
7/12
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Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
three eighteenths
ten fourteenths
A
3/18
11
B
3/6
C
1/6
Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
B
4/6
12
B
5/7
C
1/5
Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
fifteen twenty-fourths
eight twelfths
A
2/3
A
5/14
C
1/2
A
5/16
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B
3/12
C
5/8
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Reducing Fractions
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Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
four sixths
fourteen twentieths
A
2/3
15
B
3/4
C
4/6
Reducing Fractions
Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
A
7/20
B
2/6
C
2/10
Reducing Fractions
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Select the answer that is the
simplest form of the fraction below.
ten twenty-fifths
eleven twelfths
A
11/12
B
7/10
C
1/12
A
2/10
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5/15
C
2/5
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Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
35/50
12/40
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Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
3/24
28/48
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Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
33/36
16/28
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Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
10/24
5/125
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Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
six thirty-sixths
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Reducing Fractions
Reducing Fractions
forty fiftieths
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
seven ninetieths
twenty-six
one hundredths
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Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
thirty-two
sixtieths
nine fifteenths
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
Reducing Fractions
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Reducing Fractions
Reduce the fraction below to find
the simplest form of the fraction.
twenty-three
hundredths
fifty-four
eightieths
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The school bus holds one
hundred fifty students. Mrs.
Monroe’s class is going on a field
trip. There are 35 people going
on the field trip. In simplest
form, what fraction of the bus
will be full?
35
Reducing Fractions
The bakery sells five different
types of cookies. Their biggest
selling day of the week is
Saturday, so they bake 230
cookies total. 54 of the cookies
are sugar cookies. In simplest
form, what fraction of the cookies
are sugar cookies?
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Reducing Fractions
There are 4 different school
lunch choices. On Monday, 325
kids eat school lunch. 65
students choose Pizza as their
lunch. In simplest form, what
fraction of the students chose
pizza?
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Reducing Fractions
David loves sports. In his
garage, he has 24 different
sports balls. 3 of the balls
are soccer balls. In simplest
form, what fraction of the
balls are soccer balls?
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Annabel and Sophia are riding
the carousel. There are 68
horses total on the carousel and
34 of them already have riders.
In simplest form, what fraction
of horses are left to choose?
The animal store has an
adoption fair every Sunday.
They bring 86 dogs, and 42
are adopted. In simplest
form, what fraction of dogs
were adopted?
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Reducing Fractions
Paul is transporting water balloons
to a huge water balloon fight. He
fills 146 water balloons, but by the
time he arrives at the fight, there
are only 46 that have not popped!
In simplest form, what fraction of
balloons are left?
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Reducing Fractions
Reducing Fractions
White Peak Farm grows trees
for the holidays. In 2012, they
grew 450 trees. By the end of
the year, they only have 145
trees left. In simplest form,
what fraction of trees were
SOLD?
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Answer Key
1.  C
2. A
3. C
4. b
5. A
6. A
7. B
8. C
9. C
10. b
11. a
12. c
13. a
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17. 7/10
18. 3/10
19. 1/8
20. 7/12
21. 11/12
22. 4/7
23. 5/12
24. 1/25
25. 1/6
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27. 7/90
28. 13/50
29. 3/5
30. 8/15
31. 23/100
32. 27/40
33. 7/30
34. 1/5
35. 27/115
36. 1/8
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38. 21/43
39. 23/73
40. 61/90
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