How do you find the lowest terms for a fraction like, 24/28?

The lowest term is basically the simplest form.

For example, in 24/28 you want to find a number they can both go into. 24 and 28 can both go into 2 so you'll go 24 divided by 2 and 28 divided by 2 whichll give you 12/14 and then you see if you can go even lower and since both those numbers fit into two just divide them again and you'll get 6/7 which will be your answer since there's no number that goes into both of them evenly.

In the beginning you could have just divided each by 4 since 24 and 28 both go into it and you still would have gotten 6/7.

Steps:

1. Find the greatest common factor

24:

1, 2,3,4,6,8,12,24

28:

1,2,4,7,14,28

2. The greatest common factor is 4

3. Now you divide both numbers by 4

24 divided by 4 = 6

28 divided by 4=7

4. Your answer is 6/7

Basically, in order to find the lowest terms, you have to find the greatest common factor and then, divide both numbers by it.