10/55 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 10/55 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [10] and denominator [55].

GCF of 10 and 55 is 5

And then divide both the numerator [10] and denominator [55] by the GCF [5].

Another method to reduce the fraction 10/55 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [10] and denominator [55].

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [10] and denominator [55] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.