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Question Are \(\frac{3}{6}, \frac{4}{8}, \frac{5}{10}\) equivalent fractions? Why?
Here, simplest form of \(\frac{3}{6}=\frac{3 \div 3}{6 \div 3}=\frac{1}{2}\) [HCF of 3 and 6 is 3]
and simplest form of \(\frac{4}{8}\) is \(\frac{4 \div 4}{8 \div 4}=\frac{1}{2}\) [HCF of 4 and 8 is 4]
and simplest form of \(\frac{5}{10}\) is \(\frac{5 \div 5}{10 \div 5}=\frac{1}{2}\) [HCF of 5 and 10 is 5]
Hence, \(\frac{3}{6}, \frac{4}{8}, \frac{5}{10}\) are equivalent fractions.