Reducible Fraction/Examples/4 over 6

Example of Reducible Fraction

The vulgar fraction $\dfrac 4 6$ is an example of a reducible fraction:

$\dfrac 4 6 = \dfrac {2 \times 2} {2 \times 3} = \dfrac 2 3$

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reducible fraction
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): reducible fraction