Question

Which fraction is equivalent to
2/5

Answer 1

To make equivalent fractions, what we have to do is multiplicate or divide the numerator or denominator by the same number.

In our case:

`(2)/(5)=(2*2)/(5*2)=(4)/(10)`

`(2)/(5)=(2*6)/(5*6)=(12)/(30)`

`(2)/(5) = (2*12)/(5*12)=(24)/(60)`

That are only three examples, but there are infinite.

We could also obtain equivalent fractions dividing, for example,
`(3)/(9)`:

`(3)/(9)=((3)/(3))/((9)/(3))` =
`(1)/(3)`