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What does it mean to reduce? Give examples.

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It means to lessen the amount like if I had five items I would reduce down to 3 items
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Answer:

if it is for fractions, it means to simplify it down to its simplest form.

Step-by-step explanation:

for example, 4/8 could simplify to 1/2 because the numbers can be divided by a number evenly

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