Question

Explain how you can determine if 1/3 and 4/12 are equivalent fractions

Answer 1

all u can do is take 4/12 and divide the numerator and denominator by 4 to get 1/3. Hope that helps!

Answer 2

We can determine if they are equivalent fractions if we find a number (or conversion factor) that when miltiplied by the denominator and the numerator of the original fraction results in the fraction that we want to know if it is equivalent.

original fraction:

`(1)/(3)`

if we multiply the numerator 1 and the denominator 3 by 4, we get:

`(1*4)/(3*4) =(4)/(12)`

we find that
`(4)/(12)` is an equivalent fraction of 1/3 because we can find it by multiplying the numerator and denominator of 1/3 by the same number. In this case that number is 4.