Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Simplifying (Or Reducing) Fractions
At this site from the Oswego City School District, you can learn how to simplify fraction (rational expression) that contain monomials or higher degree polynomials. Reducing fractions is made easier with help from this page.
Doina Popovici
Math Play: Soccer Math: Simplifying Fractions Game
This sports game challenges students to simplify fractions into lowest terms and then score a goal with the soccer ball.
Math Planet
Math Planet: Simplify Rational Expression
An algebraic expression where both the numerator and the denominator are polynomials e.g.(x+3) / x is called a rational expression. Since the denominator can't be zero there are values of x which are excluded from the rational...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Equations With One Rational Expression
Solve equations that have one rational expression whose numerator and denominator are linear expressions. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Reducing Rational Expressions to Lowest Terms
Learn what it means to reduce a rational expression to lowest terms, and how it's done!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Intro to Rational Expressions
This lesson will introduce you to rational expressions. You will learn how to determine when a rational expression is undefined and how to find its domain.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Simplify Rational Expressions: Common Monomial Factors
Factor the numerator and the denominator of a rational expression and cancel out common monomial factors. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video, or receive hints.
Purple Math
Purplemath: Reducing Fractions
Any number, divided by itself, is just 1. Use this fact when reducing fractions. This resource helps you learn about how to reduce fractions. It has few worked out examples with detailed explanations.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Equivalent Fractions
Brush up on your math skills relating to equivalent fractions then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Quia
Ixl Learning: Fractions Overview
Brush up on your math skills relating to fractions then try some practice problems to test your understanding.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Ratio to Fraction Calculator
Convert ratios to fractions. The ratio to fraction calculator finds fraction equivalents of ratio terms and reduces the fractions to simplest form.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Fractions
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart explores Equivalent Fractions, simplest form and adding and subtracting fractions.
Calculator Soup
Calculator Soup: Simplifying Fractions Calculator
Convert improper fractions to mixed numbers in simplest form. This calculator also simplifies proper fractions by reducing to lowest terms and showing the work involved.
Help Algebra
Help algebra.com: Simplifying Rational Expressions
The process of factoring and canceling is used to simplify, multiply, and divide rational expressions. Adding and subtracting rational expressions is also demonstrated, including finding common denominators.
Quia
Quia: Fraction Action Words
Four learning games, including matching and a word search, are available for students to review fraction vocabulary words.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simplifying Rational Expressions: Lesson 2
This lesson demonstrates how to simplify rational expressions. It is 2 of 6 in the series titled "Simplifying Rational Expressions."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Simplifying Rational Expressions: Lesson 6
This lesson demonstrates how to simplify rational expressions. It is 6 of 6 in the series titled "Simplifying Rational Expressions."
Other
Project Happy Child: Simplifying Fractions Worksheets
At this location there are three simple stories that explain the basic concept of simplifying fractions or finding their lowest terms. Then there are 12 worksheets that increase in difficulty to help students practice this concept.
Wyzant
Wyzant: Simplifying Multiple Signs
A review of the rules of simplifying expressions that contain multiple positive and negative signs. An online worksheet is available for practice.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Hotmath: Algebra Review: Simplifying Expressions
Find a quick, concise explanation of simplifying expressions. Examples are given and clearly explained.
Math Is Fun
Math Is Fun: Multiplication of Fractions
This very basic website gives simple, easy steps on how to multiply fractions and then simplify the answer.
University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge: Nrich: Games Pelmathism: Fractions, Decimals, & Percents
Use this game to improve your knowledge and understanding of fractions, decimals, and percents. You can set the topics you want to practice on this game.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
The Math Forum: Height to Weight Ratio
A student asks Dr. Math, "If I have a friend that weighs 155 pounds and is five feet, four inches tall, what is his height-to-weight ratio?" Find out how Dr. Math solves this problem and get a better understanding of the concept of ratio.
Oswego City School District
Regents Exam Prep Center: Practice With Multiplication of Rational Expressions
Exercises are provided for practice with multiplying rational expressions containing variables.