Question

Show how to solve seven-ninths times five-fourteenths with and without cancellation.

Answer 1

Your teacher does not like you, does she?

Answer 2

7/9*5/14

Answer 3

After cancellation, you'll have

1/9 * 5/2 = 5/18

Answer 4

Doing it without cancellation would involve reducing the product by factors of one until you no longer can reduce by any factors of one.

Answer 5

Fractions that can be reduced are called composite fractions
Fractions that cannot be reduced are called prime fractions.