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The question
Question: simplify 12/18.
Can we make it simpler?
1218
1 Simplify
Both 12 and 18 can be divided by 6.
That makes it simpler.
= 12 ÷ 618 ÷ 6
So it is 2/3.
= 23
Can we make it simpler?
No number goes into both 2 and 3, except 1.
So it stays like this.
simplest ✓
So the answer is 2/3.
Answer
= 23