Question

i am working on an assignment and it just says canceling fractions like 1. 14 over 28 = not sure what to do here?

Answer 1

SOLUTION

This is

$\frac{14}{28}$

Now, both 14 and 28 are divisible by 2. So, 2 will cut 14 to give 7, and 2 will cut 28 to give 14 so you have

$\begin{gathered} \frac{14}{28} \\ \text{cutting each by 2 you have } \\ \frac{7}{14} \end{gathered}$

Now, only 7 can cut 7 and 14. 7 will cut 7 to get 1 and, 7 will cut 14 to get 2. So we have

$\begin{gathered} \frac{7}{14} \\ \text{cutting each by 2 we have } \\ \frac{1}{2} \end{gathered}$

Hence the answer is

$\frac{1}{2}$