Reducing fractions
to lowest terms
Name
Reducing Riddle
Reduce each fraction to lowest terms.
Then use the code to answer the
riddle below.
O.
2
4 =
1
S.
4
2
=
14
A. 10
2
E.
2
16 =
1
!
H.
4
10 =
2
D.
10
1
=
100
N. 2
1
M.
2
26 =
1
P.
4
16 =
R.
1
L.
2
18 =
1
15 =
Y.
2
28 =
1
B. 2
32 =
2
12 =
1
1
T.
22
24 = 12
24 =
4
2
8 =
Why was the math teacher crying?
___ ___
5
8
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13
3
12
14
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5
3
10
___ ___ ___
11
2
2
___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
1
4
2
16
9
8
13
7
6
On another piece of paper, write a fraction and reduce it to lowest terms. Using a
small colored square piece of paper, cover up one of the numbers on either side of the
equation. Have a friend figure out what the covered number is.
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O. 2; S. 7; A. 3; B. 16; E. 8;
! 6; T. 11; H. 5; D. 10; N. 12;
M. 13; Y. 14; P. 1; R. 4; L. 9;
HE HAD TOO MANY
PROBLEMS!