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How do you write the fraction #3/12# in simplest form?

Answer 1

Zoe Adams

#=1/4#

cancel out any common factors

#3/12=(1xx3)/(4xx3)#

#=(1xxcancel(3))/(4xxcancel(3))#

#=1/4#

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Answer 2

Emery Allen

#1/4#

Look fir the biggest number which divides into both the numerator and the denominator. (This is the HCF)

You have to divide the top and the bottom by the SAME number.

#3 and 12# are both multiples of #3#.

#(3div3)/(12div3) = 1/4#

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Answer 3

Riley Anderson

The fraction 3/12 simplifies to 1/4.

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