Simplify and Match: Equivalent Fractions

Reduce ten fractions to simplest form and match them with the lettered answer choices.
Year levels
Years 3–5
Pages
1
File type
PDF

Updated Jul 25, 2021

Subject
Fractions, Maths
Resource types
Worksheets

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About this resource

Reducing fractions is a key concept for students to understand in order to work with fractions correctly. This worksheet provides valuable practice for students to divide the numerator and denominator to put a fraction in lowest terms and then match common fractions. This is a great resource for teachers who want to give their students extra practice with fractions.

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Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Recognise equivalent fractions
  • Identify a fraction written in reduced form

Teaching tips

  • Ask learners to mark a common factor beside selected pairs
  • Have pupils verify matches by comparing numerator and denominator changes.

Skills covered

  • Equivalent-value reasoning — divide numerator and denominator by a shared factor to match the reduced choice.

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Core concepts

Core concepts

  • Equivalent fractions
  • Simplest form
  • Common factors

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