Equivalent Fractions Examples

What's a fraction equivalent to  with a denominator of 32?

This is asking us to fill in the blank in the equation:

We're multiplying 2 by 16 to get that new denominator of 32. Multiply the numerator by 1 as well to get 1 × 16 = 16. So boom, our fraction is equivalent to . Speaking of which, we like to look at the glass as  full.

What's a fraction equivalent to  with a denominator of 12?

In other words, fill in the blank in the equation:

Very similar to the previous example; we have to multiply 4 by 3 to get 12, so we must multiply the numerator by 3 also:

What's a fraction with a denominator of 15 that's equivalent to ?

Since 3 × 5 = 15, we must multiply the numerator by 5 also:

Hey, that's one of those improper fraction thingies! Right you are.