Divide 8/12 to find an equivalent fraction

Mathematics · Middle School · Wed Jan 13 2021

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Given:

8/12

Determine it's equivalent fraction:

Solution:
In order to determine its equivalent fraction, we can simply change it to its lowest term, or we can multiply the numerator and denominator by any factor.

= 8/12

= ⅔

= 16/24

= 24/36

= 32/48

=40/60

, and so on up until infinity.

If we solve for each values individually, we have the same answer of,

= 0.66666 (repeating)