Simplest whole-number form
What Simplest whole-number form means in Mathematics GCSE, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A ratio whose entries are whole numbers with no common factor greater than 1.
Topics that use Simplest whole-number form
- Number - Fractions, decimals and percentages (Pearson Edexcel GCSE)
Related terms
- algebraic subtraction method
- denominator
- equivalent fractions
- Equivalent ratios
- Exact value
- Fraction to decimal conversion
- fractions as operators
- increase and decrease
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