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Penelope bakes pretzels. she salts 3/8 of she pretzels. Write a fraction that is equivalent to 3/8

User Kromster
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Hey there! :)

To find similar fractions, you can multiply both the numerator and denominator by the same name number.

Example: Multiply by 2

3 × 2 = 6
8 × 2 = 16
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Example: Multiply by 3

3 × 3 = 9
8 × 3 = 24
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Example: Multiply by 4

3 × 4 = 12
8 × 4 = 32
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Three fractions equivalent to 3/8 are:

6/16
9/24
12/32

Hope this helps :)


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