3/6 is the same as 9/18.

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!

is 3/6 the same as 9/18?

yes, they are both equivalent to one half

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? 😩😩

You just think about mulytiplication sometimes add and subtract. Hope this helps!

can Equivalent fractions also be Equivalent if they are added or subtracted? like 4/6 = 7/9

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.

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Fractions are equivalent if they are equal or represent the same amount.

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Finding equivalent fractions using multiplication

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What number could replace a below?

start fraction, 2, divided by, 3, end fraction, equals, start fraction, a, divided by, 12, end fraction

First, we need to figure out what to multiply 3 by to get 12:

start fraction, 2, divided by, 3, end fraction, times, start fraction, divided by, 4, end fraction, equals, start fraction, divided by, 12, end fraction

Next, we multiply the numerator by the same number as the denominator:

start fraction, 2, divided by, 3, end fraction, times, start fraction, 4, divided by, 4, end fraction, equals, start fraction, 8, divided by, 12, end fraction

start fraction, 2, divided by, 3, end fraction, equals, start fraction, 8, divided by, 12, end fraction, so we can replace the a with an 8.

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What number could replace r below?

start fraction, 2, divided by, 4, end fraction, equals, start fraction, r, divided by, 8, end fraction

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  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
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  In the case of 4/6, the equivalent fractions include 2/3 , 8/12, 12/18 etc.
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