Grade 6 Simplifying Fractions Worksheets
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Practice Worksheet
Grade 6 Simplifying Fractions Practice
Solve each problem. Show your work.
- 1.Simplify: 25/60 = ___
- 2.Simplify: 5/25 = ___
- 3.Simplify: 16/28 = ___
- 4.Simplify: 10/15 = ___
- 5.Simplify: 12/20 = ___
- 6.Simplify: 28/32 = ___
- 7.Simplify: 25/45 = ___
- 8.Simplify: 3/9 = ___
Show answer key
- Question 1: 5/12
- Question 2: 1/5
- Question 3: 4/7
- Question 4: 2/3
- Question 5: 3/5
- Question 6: 7/8
- Question 7: 5/9
- Question 8: 1/3
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About These Worksheets
Grade 6 students simplify fractions fluently as a routine final step in more complex fraction and ratio problems.
These simplifying fractions worksheets teach students to reduce a fraction to its lowest terms by dividing the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor. Students practise finding common factors, using a factor list or repeated division method, and recognizing when a fraction like 6/8 can be simplified to 3/4.
Worksheets progress from fractions with small, easy-to-spot common factors to larger fractions that require students to systematically find the greatest common factor before dividing. Because simplifying fractions relies directly on a student's multiplication and factor knowledge, these worksheets reinforce times tables practice as well. This skill is essential for expressing answers to addition, subtraction, and other fraction problems in their simplest, most standard form.
Skills Practised
- Finding the greatest common factor of a numerator and denominator
- Dividing numerator and denominator by a common factor
- Reducing a fraction to its lowest terms
- Recognizing when a fraction is already fully simplified
- Simplifying fractions as a final step after adding or subtracting
- Applying times table knowledge to spot common factors
Parent Tip: Practising times tables directly speeds up simplifying fractions — a child who instantly knows factors of 12 or 24 will spot common factors much faster.