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Worksheets for reducing fractions to simplest form starting with commonly used denominators (fractions only, no mixed numbers).

Reducing Fractions 1: Simplest Form


Reducing Fractions 2: Simplest Form


Reducing Fractions 3: Simplest Form


Reducing Fractions 4: Simplest Form


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One of the first skills a student should learn with fractions is how to reduce fractions. There are several series of worksheets on this site dealing with reducing fractions that gradually introduce more complex fractions. This set of worksheets requires reducing fractions to simplest form, but the starting fractions are always proper. The series of worksheets here have increasingly larger denominators that make finding common factors more challenging as the students abilities increase.

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This page contains links to free math worksheets for Reducing Fractions problems. Click one of the buttons below to see all of the worksheets in each set. You can also use the ‘Worksheets’ menu on the side of this page to find worksheets on other math topics.

Reducing Simple Fractions


16 Reducing Fractions Worksheets

Worksheets for reducing fractions to simplest form starting with commonly used denominators (fractions only, no mixed numbers).

Reducing Simple Fractions

Reducing fractions to lowest terms worksheet with answers

Reducing Fractions with Wholes


Reducing fractions to lowest terms worksheet with answers

Reducing Improper Fractions


16 Reducing Fractions Worksheets

Worksheets for reducing improper fractions to mixed numbers while finding the lowest denominator.

Reducing Improper Fractions

Reducing fractions to lowest terms worksheet with answers

Reducing Common Fractions


40 Reducing Fractions Worksheets

Reducing common fractions to lowest mixed number form. Many of these real-world fractions should be candidates for memorization.

Reducing Common Fractions

Reducing fractions to lowest terms worksheet with answers

Reducing Fractions to Mixed Numbers

Reducing fractions is another skill involved in just about any of the fraction operations. The fraction worksheets on this page introduce reducing gradually by providing problems with increasingly more difficult denominators, and only gradually introducing mixed numbers and improper fractions.

The last set of worksheets deals with commonly encountered fractions, including percentage values. These are values that students should be able to ‘site reduce’ when they encounter them. Mastering these reducing problems will make many other fraction problems go much faster.

What is the first step in reducing fractions to lowest terms?

1. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the same number until there are no more numbers they have in common. Example: Simplify the fraction 24/108. The first step is to divide both numbers by 2, then divide them by 2 again, and then finally divide both numbers by 3.