Given two fractions, \(\frac{a}{b}\) and \(\frac{c}{d}\), we say they are equivalent if they are:
In the following tutorial we explain what is meant by equivalent fractions as well as illustrate them with some examples.
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Given a fraction, for example \(\frac{1}{3}\), we'll somtimes need to express it over a different denominator. In other words we'll sometimes need to express it as equivalent fraction over a different denominator.
For example we may need to write \(\frac{1}{3}\) as an equivalent fraction over \(12\).
This leads to having to find the numerator, which we've called \(x\) here: \[\frac{1}{3} = \frac{x}{12}\] The method for doing this is explained in tutorial \(3\).
In the following tutorial we learn how to write a fraction as an equivalent fraction over a different denominator.
In particular we see how to write \(\frac{1}{2}\) as an equivalent fraction over \(6\), by solving \(\frac{1}{2} = \frac{x}{6}\).
Similarly we show how to write \(\frac{2}{3}\) as an equivalent fraction over \(12\) by solving \(\frac{2}{3} = \frac{x}{12}\) as well as how to write \(\frac{9}{15}\) as an equivalent fraction over \(5\) by solving\(\frac{9}{15} = \frac{x}{5}\).
Given a fraction, like \(\frac{2}{3}\), we can write it as an equivalent fraction over a given denominator, for instance\(\frac{x}{12}\), in two steps:
At times we'll need to write a fraction as an equivalent fraction for which the numerator has to equal a certain value.
For instance we may need to write \(\frac{4}{5}\) as an equivalent fraction with \(28\) as the numerator.
We do this by finding the value of \(x\) in: \[\frac{4}{5} = \frac{28}{x}\]
Given a fraction, such as \(\frac{1}{3}\), to write it as an equivalent fraction, whose numertor is imposed we can use the following two steps:
