5th Grade Simplifying Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Answer sheet with worked solutions for the 5th Grade fractions worksheet.
5th Grade Simplifying Fractions Worksheet — Level 3 — Answers
Divide the numerator and denominator by their highest common factor.
1.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 5 and 10 is 5
- 5 ÷ 5 = 1 and 10 ÷ 5 = 2
2.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 4 and 10 is 2
- 4 ÷ 2 = 2 and 10 ÷ 2 = 5
3.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 33 and 44 is 11
- 33 ÷ 11 = 3 and 44 ÷ 11 = 4
4.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 30 and 33 is 3
- 30 ÷ 3 = 10 and 33 ÷ 3 = 11
5.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 30 and 66 is 6
- 30 ÷ 6 = 5 and 66 ÷ 6 = 11
6.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 14 and 63 is 7
- 14 ÷ 7 = 2 and 63 ÷ 7 = 9
7.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 65 and 75 is 5
- 65 ÷ 5 = 13 and 75 ÷ 5 = 15
8.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 18 and 42 is 6
- 18 ÷ 6 = 3 and 42 ÷ 6 = 7
9.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 7 and 70 is 7
- 7 ÷ 7 = 1 and 70 ÷ 7 = 10
10.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 28 and 44 is 4
- 28 ÷ 4 = 7 and 44 ÷ 4 = 11
11.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 11 and 22 is 11
- 11 ÷ 11 = 1 and 22 ÷ 11 = 2
12.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 24 and 27 is 3
- 24 ÷ 3 = 8 and 27 ÷ 3 = 9
13.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 24 and 84 is 12
- 24 ÷ 12 = 2 and 84 ÷ 12 = 7
14.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 30 and 40 is 10
- 30 ÷ 10 = 3 and 40 ÷ 10 = 4
15.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 5 and 65 is 5
- 5 ÷ 5 = 1 and 65 ÷ 5 = 13
16.Simplify
Answer:
- HCF of 6 and 9 is 3
- 6 ÷ 3 = 2 and 9 ÷ 3 = 3
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