Fractions that are equal to 1/3 can be created by multiplying both the numerator (the top number) and the denominator (the bottom number) by the same non-zero integer. This means that any fraction of the form n/3n (where n is a positive integer) will be equivalent to 1/3.
For example:
- If we take n = 2, we get the fraction 2/6.
- If we take n = 4, we get 4/12.
- If we take n = 5, we get 5/15.
All of these fractions simplify to 1/3. To verify, we can simplify 2/6 by dividing the numerator and the denominator by 2, which gives us 1/3. The same works for 4/12 and 5/15.
In general, any fraction that has a numerator that is one-third the value of its denominator can be considered equal to 1/3.