That does not always produce a reduced fraction, of course. In order to do that, you need to go find a GCF just like before… but I agree, that should be presented as an *optimization* after teaching the basic idea.
That does not always produce a reduced fraction, of course. In order to do that, you need to go find a GCF just like before… but I agree, that should be presented as an *optimization* after teaching the basic idea.