Answer:
1/4
Step-by-step explanation:
To find fractions that are equivalent to 2/8 we can multiply it by other fractions equal to 1.
Fractions that are equal to 1 will look like x/x, never x/y.
The numerator and denominator will always be the same.
For example we could multiply 2/8 by 2/2.
The numerators multiply together and the denominators do.
We would get
2/8*2/2=4/16
(2*2)=4
(2*8)=16
Or we could also simplify this fraction.
We can do that by dividing the numerator and denominator by the same whole number. (Dividing it by 1.)
So let's divide both the numerator and denominator by 2.
(2/2)=1
(8/2)=4
So our fraction is 1/4
1/4 and 4/16 are both equivalent to 2/8. Whenever you multiply of divide that fraction by 1, you will always get something that is equivalent to the original fraction.
