Year 6 Simplifying Fractions Worksheet — Level 2 — Practice Set 4 — 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 2 and 20 is 2
- 2 ÷ 2 = 1 and 20 ÷ 2 = 10
2.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 30 is 6
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1 and 30 ÷ 6 = 5
3.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 2 and 6 is 2
- 2 ÷ 2 = 1 and 6 ÷ 2 = 3
4.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 20 and 25 is 5
- 20 ÷ 5 = 4 and 25 ÷ 5 = 5
5.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 12 and 21 is 3
- 12 ÷ 3 = 4 and 21 ÷ 3 = 7
6.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 28 and 36 is 4
- 28 ÷ 4 = 7 and 36 ÷ 4 = 9
7.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 14 is 2
- 6 ÷ 2 = 3 and 14 ÷ 2 = 7
8.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 8 and 10 is 2
- 8 ÷ 2 = 4 and 10 ÷ 2 = 5
9.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 12 is 6
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1 and 12 ÷ 6 = 2
10.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 8 and 14 is 2
- 8 ÷ 2 = 4 and 14 ÷ 2 = 7
11.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 5 and 35 is 5
- 5 ÷ 5 = 1 and 35 ÷ 5 = 7
12.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 18 is 6
- 6 ÷ 6 = 1 and 18 ÷ 6 = 3
13.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 20 and 28 is 4
- 20 ÷ 4 = 5 and 28 ÷ 4 = 7
14.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 24 and 30 is 6
- 24 ÷ 6 = 4 and 30 ÷ 6 = 5
15.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 12 and 16 is 4
- 12 ÷ 4 = 3 and 16 ÷ 4 = 4
16.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 24 and 28 is 4
- 24 ÷ 4 = 6 and 28 ÷ 4 = 7
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