Year 7 Simplifying Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 2 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 7 fractions worksheet.
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Divide the numerator and denominator by their highest common factor.
1.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 4 and 40 is 4
- 4 ÷ 4 = 1 and 40 ÷ 4 = 10
2.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 15 and 39 is 3
- 15 ÷ 3 = 5 and 39 ÷ 3 = 13
3.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 130 and 150 is 10
- 130 ÷ 10 = 13 and 150 ÷ 10 = 15
4.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 35 and 77 is 7
- 35 ÷ 7 = 5 and 77 ÷ 7 = 11
5.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 10 and 15 is 5
- 10 ÷ 5 = 2 and 15 ÷ 5 = 3
6.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 77 and 121 is 11
- 77 ÷ 11 = 7 and 121 ÷ 11 = 11
7.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 2 and 4 is 2
- 2 ÷ 2 = 1 and 4 ÷ 2 = 2
8.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 12 and 16 is 4
- 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 16 ÷ 4 = 4
9.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 72 and 88 is 8
- 72 ÷ 8 = 9 and 88 ÷ 8 = 11
10.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 24 is 6
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1 and 24 ÷ 6 = 4
11.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 11 and 66 is 11
- 11 ÷ 11 = 1 and 66 ÷ 11 = 6
12.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 77 and 110 is 11
- 77 ÷ 11 = 7 and 110 ÷ 11 = 10
13.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 42 and 60 is 6
- 42 ÷ 6 = 7 and 60 ÷ 6 = 10
14.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 48 and 90 is 6
- 48 ÷ 6 = 8 and 90 ÷ 6 = 15
15.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 21 and 30 is 3
- 21 ÷ 3 = 7 and 30 ÷ 3 = 10
16.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 10 and 20 is 10
- 10 ÷ 10 = 1 and 20 ÷ 10 = 2
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