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Multiplying fractions and then simplifying a big answer is slow. Cancel first: any top number and any bottom number that share a factor can both be divided by it. The numbers stay tiny and the answer comes out already in lowest terms. To divide, flip the second fraction and multiply.
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Cancel first — “divide a top and a bottom by the same number before multiplying”
Use it for: Recipes and sharing (half of 3/4 of a cake), fractions in Class 6–8, and olympiad speed rounds.
🧮 Check your own sums with the free Fraction calculator — it shows the working.
Check: 4 × 3 = 12 and 9 × 8 = 72; 12/72 = 1/6 ✓
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Work it out in your head or on paper, then tap your answer — or type it and press Check. Stuck? Press “Show me how”.
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20 questions. Check each answer, then go to the next one. Get 16 or more right to pass — and beat the clock: finish within 4 min.
🏅 Sign in with Google to earn the ✂️ Cancel Captain badge when you pass — and a certificate when you finish all 10 lessons of Part 4 · Speed decimals, fractions and percentages. You can still take the test without signing in.
Why does it work? When should you use it? Ask in English, मराठी or हिंदी.
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