Find the GCF. Example: 30/42
Factor them.
2 x 3 x 5 = 30
2 x 3 x 7 = 42
Select the common factors,
2 x 3 = 6, the GCF
Divide them.
30/6 = 5
42/6 = 7
The simplest form is 5/7
Dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor is how you simplify a fraction.
We will need a value for the denominator to answer that.
When the GCF of the numerator and the denominator is 1.
simplest form
If the numerator and denominator are prime numbers and not equal then they don't have common factors (except 1 which would be a common factor even if the numerator and denominator were prime numbers).
They are a common factor and any common factor in the numerator and denominator of a ratio can be cancelled out.
Dividing the numerator and denominator by a common factor is how you simplify a fraction.
An expression is in its lowest terms if the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is one.An expression is in its lowest terms if the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is one.An expression is in its lowest terms if the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is one.An expression is in its lowest terms if the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is one.
If the numerator and denominator of a fraction have a common factor (except for '1'), divide both numerator and denominator by their common factor. The fraction is in the simplest form when the numerator and denominator have no common factors.
If the numerator was a factor of the denominator.
You look for common factors in the numerator and the denominator, then divide both the numerator and the denominator by that common factor.
A fraction in simplest form is one in which the only common factor of the numerator and denominator is 1.
We will need a value for the denominator to answer that.
Find the Greatest Common Factor of the numerator and denominator, then divide the numerator by the GCF, and that is the new numerator. Divide the denominator by the GCF, and that is the new denominator.
When the numerator is a factor of the denominator.
The fraction is said to be in its lowest terms when the greatest common factor of the numerator and denominator is 1
Find the greatest common factor between the numerator and the denominator, then divide the numerator by greatest common factor and then divide denominator by greatest common factor, for a new simplified fraction.