What does it mean to be cancelled?

The cancellation in math is defined as reducing the given expression by division.

Answer: The term 'cancelled' in math means to remove or simply that particular value or expression by subtracting, or dividing with a common term.

Let us understand what does it mean to be cancelled in math.

Explanation:

Canceling is a broad term. It has a lot of meanings depending on the context.

• In simplifying expressions we cancel the same terms on both sides 

like, 4x + 7y + 9 = 8x + 7y + 6

Here we cancel or remove 7y on both sides, which gives 4x + 9 = 8x + 6

• In the fractions, in order to find the reduced forms of fractions which just implies canceling or dividing the numerator and denominator by the common factor.

9/12 = (9 ÷ 3)/(12 ÷ 3) = 3/4 that means we cancelled 9 and 12 by 3.

Thus, we have seen the meaning of 'cancelled' in math.