# How do you simplify the fraction 18/24?

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Dec 9, 2016

$\frac{3}{4}$

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You need to determine what you can divide both the numerator and the denominator by evenly.

There are a few you could do: either by $3$ or $6$

$\frac{18}{3} = 6$

$\frac{24}{3} = 8$

But then you still can simplify $\frac{6}{8}$ by dividing the numerator and denominator by $2$

$\frac{6}{2} = 3$

$\frac{8}{2} = 4$

You're left with $\frac{3}{4}$, and that cannot be simplified any more.

It's important to note, we divided by $\frac{3}{3}$ and then $\frac{2}{2}$, not "three" or "two." Think about it this way, if you divided by $\frac{3}{3}$ you are really dividing by $1$ whole, which means you're not changing the value.

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