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Many students find the concept of fractions very difficult to understand because of the different operations that must be completed to get to the answer. 

The various operations will be discussed in my next four posts but today I only want to explain equivalent fractions.  

Firstly we need to know what a fraction is:

• A fraction is a part of a whole. 
• The top number is called a numerator and the bottom number is called a denominator. 

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Equivalent fractions are exactly what it says:  

FRACTIONS THAT ARE EQUIVALENT OR OF THE SAME VALUE 

Just like :   2 + 2 = 4   and  1 + 3 = 4 

These pizza slices all have the same value!  

 

The golden rule to remember is to change both the top(numerator) and the bottom (denominator) by either dividing or multiplying with the same value. 

 

       

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Here is a video from YouTube that explains this concept excellently!

It is very important to practice this as this concept also helps with simplifying fractions. 

Here is a link for some extra activities. It is advisable that students do as many activities as possible. 

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