{"id":97,"date":"2018-09-19T22:01:25","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T22:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/mathematics\/?page_id=97"},"modified":"2018-09-19T22:01:25","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T22:01:25","slug":"equivalent-fractions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/mathematics\/fraction\/equivalent-fractions\/","title":{"rendered":"Equivalent Fractions"},"content":{"rendered":"Last updated: September 19, 2018 at 22:01 pm\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo by mohamed_hassan\" src=\"https:\/\/patrickcarpen.com\/mathematics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/60\/2018\/09\/ea33b60e20fc023ecd0b470de7444e90fe76e7d61eb2184591f3c6_640_equal.jpg\" alt=\"equal photo\" \/>To be able to reduce fractions, you must first understand the concept of equivalent fractions. That is, <em>proportionally<\/em> speaking, 1\/4 is the same as 2\/8. For example, If I have 10 apples, and I give my friend 5 out of that 10 apples, then the fraction of apples that I gave my friend = 5\/10.<\/p>\n<p>If we represent this in drawing, it would look like:<\/p>\n<p>10 apples = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0<\/p>\n<p>I give my friend 5 out of my ten apples: (<strong>0 0 0 0 0<\/strong> ) 0 0 0 0 0<\/p>\n<p>What proportion of my apples did I give my friend? Half!<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, 1\/2 is proportionally the same as 5\/10<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, 1\/2 and 5\/10 are said to be equivalent fractions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To be able to reduce fractions, you must first understand the concept of equivalent fractions. That is, proportionally speaking, 1\/4 is the same as 2\/8. 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