the SAT Math section (there’s an SAT word for you to chew on). A
fraction shows the relationship between a part of something and
the whole of something. Here’s what a fraction looks like: A
fraction is composed of two numbers, a numerator, and a
denominator. The numerator (the part) is above the fraction bar,
and the denominator (the whole) is below it. So in our example,
2 is the numerator, and 3 is the denominator. What if we
multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 4? We would
end up with: Because we multiplied both parts by the same
numbers, the two fractions ( have the same part-to-whole
relationship. These fractions are equivalent fractions which
means they equal each other. Suppose we decide that too bulky.
We know that 8 and 12 have an LCM of 4—remember that term?—so we
can whittle that down to a slimmer Taking a fat fraction and
dividing out similar terms from both the numerator and
denominator is called reducing a Reducing fractions and making
equivalent fractions are necessary skills, bec