Cross Cancelling Fractions Worksheet

Practice cross cancelling to simplify fractions before multiplication. This worksheet focuses on reducing common factors diagonally.

Grade 8 Math FractionsCross Cancelling

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CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.2.C

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mathfractionscross cancellingmultiplicationgrade 8

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Cross Cancelling Fractions

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Read each problem carefully. Use cross cancelling to simplify the fractions before multiplying. Show your work.

1. Multiply: (2/3) × (9/4)

2. Multiply: (5/8) × (16/15)

3. When cross cancelling, you look for common between a numerator and a .

4. Cross cancelling helps to fractions before you multiply, making the calculation .

5. Multiply: (7/10) × (5/14)

6. Multiply: (12/25) × (5/6)

7. You can only cross cancel if the numbers are directly across from each other (numerator with numerator, denominator with denominator).

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