How to Find Equivalent Fractions for 2/8

To find three equivalent fraction for 2/8, we can multiple 2/8 by the equivalent of 1/1.  For example:

2/8    x  1/1   =   2/8
since 1/1 = 1 and multiplying by 1 does not change the value.

If we multiply:

2/8   x   2/2  = 4/16

Here again, since 2/2 = 1 we aren't changing the value, just the way it is written.

Note we could also simplify 2/8 down to 1/4 which is also an equivalent fraction for 2/8.

We could also multiply by 3/3, 4/4, 5/5 and so on to find more fractions that are equal to 2/8.  As long as we are multiplying by the equivalent of 1, we'll get a fraction that is the same as  2/8.