How to find Equivalent Fractions and Simplify Fractions - Help with IGCSE GCSE Maths

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What are Equivalent Fractions and how to Simplify Fractions

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To become a successful mathematician, it is important that you can comfortably work with numbers and therefore also with fractions. On your IGCSE / GCSE maths exam papers you will be asked to manipulate fractions in all sorts of questions so you can work with them. Many students need help with fractions during their maths revision for they don't really understand what they are doing and what fractions are. If you want to understand fractions and want to be able to work with them, then you need to be able to confidently simplify fractions and find equivalent fractions and It is therefore essential that you study all the maths videos with example questions. I also encourage you to complete the FREE maths worksheet which I have added and check whether you understand this important maths topic. If you still need help with your maths then please let me know. I will help you by making more videos about how to find equivalent fractions and how to simplify fractions.

What are Equivalent Fractions

If you want to be successful on your IGCSE / GCSE maths exam, you need to be able to find equivalent fractions with confidence. You will use these skills and knowledge when adding and subtracting fractions for instance. Equivalent fractions are fractions which are equal. 1/4 is equivalent to 2/8 for instance but also to 4/16. There are an infinite amount of equivalent fractions. Have a look at the two maths videos (the one above this piece of text and the other below) which will show you how to find equivalent fractions. I would like to stress once more upon the importance of begin able to confidently work and 'play' with fractions. Therefore I encourage you to complete the FREE maths worksheet too which you can fin at the bottom of this webpage. And if you still don't understand fractions then let me know. I will help you with your maths by making more maths videos and activities. Good luck!

How to Simplify Fractions

If you have a fraction in your final answer, you need to write it in its simplest form. Simplifying fractions or cancelling down is done by taking out the common factor. You should ask yourself by which number you can divide both the numerator as the denominator by. For instance, the fraction 4/18 can be cancelled down or simplified to 2/9 (I have taken out the common factor 2). Make sure you always write the fraction in its simplest form. The fraction 4/24 can be cancelled down to 2/12 (taking out the common factor 2). But 2/12 is not the simplest form of the fraction for the numerator and denominator still share a factor. The fraction 4/24 in its simplest form is 1/6. Many students loose points on their IGCSE / GCSE exam papers for forgetting to simplify fractions in their final answer. Therefore you should carefully study the following two maths examples questions and activities for they will show you step by step how to simplify fractions. If you still don't understand this part of fractions and need more help with your maths, then let me know by sending me a message. I will explain this important maths topic for you again. Also, please complete the FREE worksheet below to further develop your understanding of simplifying fractions.

Fractions in your life

Without perhaps being aware of it, fractions play a central role in our lives. What fraction of the class is a girl? When you fracture a bone in your hand, which fraction of the original bone is broken off? When you have 7 friends and everybody is hungry, which fraction of the pizza will everybody eat?

Make sure that for your maths revision you study fractions well for they do not only play an important role in our lives, also on your IGCSE / GCSE exam paper they will appear. So examine the example questions in the videos and try the maths activities and FREE worksheets yourself!

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Maths Activity Worksheet and example questions Equivalent Fractions

To complete your maths revision on simplifying fractions I encourage you to do the following two FREE maths worksheets. You can also download the worksheets for FREE at the bottom of this webpage. Make sure to answer all questions yourself first before looking at the answer key (which you can find on the second page of the worksheet) and prepare yourself well for your IGCSE / GCSE maths exam. If you still don't understand equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions, then send me a message and I will help you with your maths by making some more maths videos for you.

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Congratulations! You have learned many important things to pass your IGCSE GCSE Maths exam and now understand how to simplify fractions and what equivalent fractions are and how to find them. Do not stop your maths revision for today but follow the link and learn how to calculate a fraction of an amount. I will see you there!

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