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Lesson 8: Equivalent fractions 2- Equivalent fractions
- Visualizing equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions (fraction models)
- More on equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions
- Equivalent fractions 2
- Equivalent fractions review
- Equivalent fractions and different wholes
- Equivalent fractions and different wholes
- Simplify fractions
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Equivalent fractions review
Review equivalent fractions with multiplication, and try some practice problems.
Equivalent fractions
Fractions are equivalent if they are equal or represent the same amount.
Want to learn about visualizing equivalent fractions? Check out this article.
Finding equivalent fractions using multiplication
Let's look at an example.
What number could replace below?
First, we need to figure out what to multiply by to get :
Next, we multiply the numerator by the same number as the denominator:
Want to learn more about equivalent fractions? Check out this video.
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- 3/6 is the same as 9/18.(88 votes)
- Yes, you are correct! If you put 3/6 and 9/18 into lowest terms, you get 1/2. You can also multiply 3/6 by 3/3 to get 9/18, but you can also divide 9/18 by 3/3, which equals to 3/6. Another way to solve is to divide the numerator by the denominator. For example, divide 3 by 6 is 0.5, and divide 9 by 18 is also 0.5. More on this: https://www.khanacademy.org/math/arithmetic-home/arith-review-decimals/decimals-to-fractions/v/converting-fractions-to-decimals
Hope this helps!(55 votes)
- I was just wondering how you guys find so many ways to help explain the problem. I have been struggling in math for years!! this really helped!(22 votes)
- this is possible beacause 3+3+3=9
and 1x3=3(11 votes) - is 3/6 the same as 9/18?(9 votes)
- yes, they are both equivalent to one half(3 votes)
- 3/10 is equivalent to 30/100(10 votes)
- what is 11 wholes times 50/99(6 votes)
- can Equivalent fractions also be Equivalent if they are added or subtracted?
like 4/6 = 7/9(6 votes)- No, a fraction is only an equivalent fraction when it can be obtained by multiplying or dividing both the numerator and denominator by the same number. This results in a set of fractions which are exactly equal.
In the case of 4/6, the equivalent fractions include 2/3 , 8/12, 12/18 etc.
(All these equivalent fractions of 4/6 equal approximately 0.67 like 4/6 itself)
Similarly 7/9 will have a set of equivalent fractions that equal approximately 0.78 like it.(7 votes)
- Bruh moment. This is so hard, why is there a 100 and 10 like 3/10 and r/100 like what the heck? does anyone know how to solve this? 😩😩(7 votes)
- You just think about mulytiplication sometimes add and subtract. Hope this helps!(2 votes)
- This is easy and not easy for me but i got it right(6 votes)
- Sometimes this is hard to figure out; is there a way to do this on paper by using an array or something!?(3 votes)