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Fractions with Letters
Fractions with Letters
Remember how to add fractions? Same rules apply when the numerators and denominators have letters! The key skill is factorising - it lets you cancel common factors and find common denominators.
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Quiz · Question 1 of 13
Simplify 6x²/3x
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This topic in real past papers
Every real exam question we've found on algebraic fractions, with a full worked answer.
AQA Paper 1
Two of the four sittings we have full papers for test simplifying an algebraic fraction, always requiring a full factorisation before any cancelling.
AQA Paper 2
Two of the four sittings we have full papers for include a show-that question built entirely from algebraic fraction manipulation.
Edexcel Paper 2
Two of the three sittings we have full papers for ask for an algebraic fraction to be factorised and simplified down to a stated general form.