1. Show the distributive property with the GCF factored out: (36+54)

2. Find the LCM of 8 and 12.3.Carla and bill ate out together on March 3rd. If Carla eats

out every 6 days and Bill eats out every 8 days, on what DATE will they eat together again?

Writing Fractions in Simplest Form

AKA: ______________/______________

Rules: 1. Divide numerator and denominator by factors of both. 2. The fraction is in lowest terms when the GCF is 1.

Ex: 18 divide by 2 24

OR

18 divide by 6 24

ex: 36 36 54 54

Practice:

1. 28 2. 9 3. 54 42 21 72

4. 24 5. 8 6. 125 40 15 375

Types of Fractions:

Proper Fraction: the numerator is smaller than the denominator. ex: 1 3 8 2 20 17

Improper Fraction: numerator is larger than or equal to the denominator ex: 7 36 4 2 9 4

Mixed numbers: Whole numbers with a fraction. ex:

Whole Numbers: ex: 3 , 20 , 23

Changing an Improper fraction to a mixed or whole number:

* Divide denominator into the numerator.

ex: 7 3

Backward check*

UTry: 17 4

35 8

Ex: 24 10

UTry: 36 8

Ex: 63 9

UTry: 48 6

Changing mixed to improper:

* Circle Method

2 1

3

UTry:

7 4

7

4 2

9

Changing whole numbers to improper

*put a 1 under it!!!

ex: 3

UTry: 9