Year 6 Simplifying Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Practice Set 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the Year 6 fractions worksheet.
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Divide the numerator and denominator by their highest common factor.
1.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 10 and 80 is 10
- 10 ÷ 10 = 1 and 80 ÷ 10 = 8
2.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 18 and 30 is 6
- 18 ÷ 6 = 3 and 30 ÷ 6 = 5
3.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 84 and 144 is 12
- 84 ÷ 12 = 7 and 144 ÷ 12 = 12
4.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 21 and 98 is 7
- 21 ÷ 7 = 3 and 98 ÷ 7 = 14
5.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 7 and 49 is 7
- 7 ÷ 7 = 1 and 49 ÷ 7 = 7
6.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 12 is 6
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1 and 12 ÷ 6 = 2
7.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 56 and 80 is 8
- 56 ÷ 8 = 7 and 80 ÷ 8 = 10
8.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 40 and 112 is 8
- 40 ÷ 8 = 5 and 112 ÷ 8 = 14
9.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 12 and 18 is 6
- 12 ÷ 6 = 2 and 18 ÷ 6 = 3
10.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 40 and 50 is 10
- 40 ÷ 10 = 4 and 50 ÷ 10 = 5
11.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 27 and 36 is 9
- 27 ÷ 9 = 3 and 36 ÷ 9 = 4
12.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 12 and 90 is 6
- 12 ÷ 6 = 2 and 90 ÷ 6 = 15
13.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 4 and 28 is 4
- 4 ÷ 4 = 1 and 28 ÷ 4 = 7
14.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 24 and 33 is 3
- 24 ÷ 3 = 8 and 33 ÷ 3 = 11
15.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 11 and 22 is 11
- 11 ÷ 11 = 1 and 22 ÷ 11 = 2
16.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 9 and 18 is 9
- 9 ÷ 9 = 1 and 18 ÷ 9 = 2
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