Question

What is the fraction 8/36 expressed in lowest terms?

Answer 1

giving medals

Answer 2

think of it as a ration
for every 8 of bananas, you have 36 apples

8:36
what number is a factor of 8 and 36

list factors of 8

1,2,4,8

list factors of 36

1,2,3,4,6,12,18

we take the highest factor that is common in both, in this case 4

so our highest factor of each number is 4

we can take out a factor of 4 from 8 and 36 to get
\[\frac{ 8 }{ 36 }= \frac{ 4 \times 2 }{ 4 \times 9 }\]

the 4's will become 1
that leaves us with
\[\frac{ 2 }{ 9 }\]

Answer 3

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