What is 15 over 56 simplified?

Answer 1

56/16 is not a normal fraction. These types of fractions are known as "Improper" fractions. Improper simply means that numerator (top number) is larger than the denominator (bottom number). Basically, these are a division problem.

56/15 is the same as 56 ÷ 16

• 15 x 1 = 15
• 15 x 2 = 3
• 15 x 3 = 45
• 15 x 4 = 60

Since 16 x 4 is higher than our 56 we go back to the one before it - 15 x 3. This means that our "whole" number is 3.

Now this becomes a subtraction problem: 56 - 45 = 11. Lastly, put your fraction back together.

56/15 is simplified when it's 3 11/15.

Check Your Work:

We can simply check our work to verify that our mixed number fraction (a fraction that contains a whole number and a fraction. i.e 2 1/2, 3 16/41, etc).

Turning Mixed Number back to Improper: Keep the denominator the same. Multiply the denominator by the whole number and add the numerator.

Keep the Denominator the same: ??/15

Multiply the denominator by the whole number: 15 x 3 = 45/15

Add the numerator: 45 + 11 = 56/15

Answer 2

15/56 is already simplified