When given a fraction, students must find a common factor for the numerator and denominator and write it down inside the illustrated frying pan. Then, encourage them to reduce the number further if possible.

By learning to reduce fractions to their simplest forms, children enhance their number sense and develop the ability to recognize relationships between different numerical values. Later, kids will learn about the greatest common factor and how to reduce fractions even faster. This is a good introduction to reducing fractions to an equivalent fraction before learning other methods.