Friday September 5 Take out your homework and Keep it at your desk

Warm Up

Simplify or Reducing Fractions

How does ? 1 2 __ __ = video 2 4

24 36 How do you Simplify? Find the GCF or Greatest Common Factor Divide the numerator and denominator by the GCF 24 36

How do you Simplify? 1. Find the GCF or Greatest Common Factor

Prime Factorization Prime numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13… Factors are numbers you multiply to get another number Prime factorization is the prime factors you multiply together to get an original number

Prime Factorization 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13… 24 36 24 36

Match pairs 24 = 2 x 2 x 2 x 3 36 = 2 x 2 x 3 x 3 2 x 2 x 3 = 12

GCF = 12

Divide the numerator and denominator by the GCF 24 36

Now turn the person to left and together simplify 24 64

Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions video

1 5 2 2 2 =

Divide the numerator by the denominator 2. The remainder becomes the numerator the divisor becomes whole number

5 2

Multiply the bottom number by the whole number Add the top number to the product of step 1 NOW that becomes your top number… The bottom number stays the same!!!!!

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