Question

simplify 27/9 is 3/1 doesn't make sense to me?

Answer 1

9 will divide into both 27 and itself. How many times does 9 go into 27?

Answer 2

3

Answer 3

Right, and 9 divides into itself how many times?

Answer 4

\[\frac{ 27 }{ 9 }\]
divide by 9
\[\frac{ 27 \div 9 }{ 9 \div 9 }\]
\[\frac{ 3 }{ 1 }\]

Answer 5

which is just 3

Answer 6

\[\frac{ 3 }{ 1 } = 3\]

Answer 7

Got it....I stopped at 3/1... Thank you

Answer 8

no problem :)