Definition:Cancellation/Fraction

Definition

Cancellation is the process of converting a vulgar fraction into canonical form by dividing both numerator and denominator by all their common divisors.

Examples

Examples: $\frac {27} {30}$

The vulgar fraction:

$\dfrac {27} {30}$

after the process of cancellation, can be expressed as:

$\dfrac 9 {10}$

Also see

• Results about cancellation of fractions can be found here.

Sources

• 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cancellation: 1.
• 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): cancellation: 1.