2006-08-16 08:05:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Mathematics
Divide both parts of the fraction by their greatest common denominator (2) you will get 8/2=4 and 18/2=9 thus 4/9.
2006-08-16 08:12:52 · answer #1 · answered by John J 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8/18 divided by 2 = 4/9. This is the lowest term because you can't change the number in any way to a fraction with smaller numbers in it both above and below the line.
To write a fraction in it lowest term, you find a number that will divide evenly into both the top and bottom numbers of the fraction you want rewritten. If both numbers of the the new fraction can't be divided evenly by another number, making it smaller, this has to be the lowest term. If the can be divided evenly, you must continue dividing them until you have the lowest fraction, or term.
I hope this helps.
2006-08-16 15:15:55 · answer #2 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
8/18=4/9
2006-08-16 15:16:50 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Loving*Steph♥ 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4/9
2006-08-16 15:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by Catherine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4/9
2006-08-16 15:10:52 · answer #5 · answered by beni269 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4/9
2006-08-16 15:10:44 · answer #6 · answered by recruiter74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Prime factorization of the numerator
8 = 2*2*2
Prime factorization of the denominator
18 = 2*3*3
The fraction rewritten in terms of the prime factorizations
2*2*2
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2*3*3
Canceling all cancelables
2*2
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3*3
Or to put it another way
4
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9
2006-08-16 15:15:11 · answer #7 · answered by Pablo Fanques 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
4/9
2006-08-16 15:10:11 · answer #8 · answered by dzr0001 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1/2
2006-08-16 15:10:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋
write 46/12 as a mixed number
2013-10-29 21:05:12 · answer #10 · answered by Aaron 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋