Mr. Appledorf's On-Line PowerPoint Math Lessons

Simplifying Fractions

Objectives:
Students will explain similarities and differences in simplifying numeric, monomial, and polynomial fractions and will simplify fractions of all three types.

NCTM Standards:
Students recognize and use connections among mathematical ideas.
Students understand how mathematical ideas interconnect and build on one another to produce a coherent whole.

California Content Standards:
(12.0) Students simplify fractions with polynomials in the numerator and denominator by factoring both and reducing them to the lowest terms.

Slides:

* Algebraic Fractions and Arithmetic
* Reducing Numeric Fractions
* Simplifying Monomial Fractions
* Simplifying Polynomial Fractions
* Opposites
* Practice: Simplifying Polynomial Fractions
* Only Factors Cancel!

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