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What is one way you can easily tell that 3/6 is not a simplified fraction

User Adityaatri
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Answer:

3/6 can be simplified

Explanation:

3 divided by 3

6 divided by 3

it comes out to be 1/2

User Chris Prince
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you know that 6 is divisible by 3/ 3 is a factor of 6 (3•2=6) so you could further simply 3/6 using a common factor, more specifically their Greatest Common Factor also known as the GCF
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