Step 5 Objective
Simplify fractions by cancelling all common factors and identify equivalent fractions.
- Examples of what pupils should
know and be able to do - Probing questions
- What if pupils find
this a barrier?
Examples of what pupils should know and be able to do
Answer questions such as:
- cancel these fractions to their simplest form by looking for highest common factors:
, 
, 
; - find two other fractions equivalent to
; - show that is equivalent to
or 
or 
; - find the unknown numerator or denominator in:
