Concept guide
Fractions: deciding equal value, normalizing to lowest terms with a positive denominator, and adding fractions
(1) Decide whether (−6)/(−8) and 9/12 represent the same rational number; (2) bring (−6)/(−8) to lowest terms with a positive denominator and show that the value is unchanged; (3) compute 3/4+5/6 and show that 'numerator plus numerator over denominator plus denominator', giving 8/10, is not the sum; (4) explain why 3/0 is not a valid fraction representation.