What is 120 over 100 simplified?

Answer 1

Look for common factors to cancel out.

10 for starters, so it equals 12 over 10.

both even numbers so cancel another 2:

6 over 5

Now you're done, because 6 & 5 have no additional common factors.

2nd method: Just prime-factor everything in sight:

120/100

= (2*2*2*3*5) / (2*2*5*5)

cancel common factors:

= 2*3 / 5

= 6/5

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this is also the same as 1 and 1/5