What is 100/60 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 100/60 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 100/60 simplified to lowest terms is 5/3

100

/

60

=

5

/

3

5/3 is the simplified fraction of 100/60.

Since the numerator [100] is greater than the denominator [60] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

3

=1

2

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 100/60 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 100/60 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [100] and denominator [60].

GCF of 100 and 60 is 20

And then divide both the numerator [100] and denominator [60] by the GCF [20].

100 ÷ 20

/

60 ÷ 20

=

5

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 100/60 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 100/60 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [100] and denominator [60].

Prime Factors of 100: 2,2,5,5

Prime Factors of 60: 2,2,3,5

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

2 × 2 × 5 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 3 × 5

=

5

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 100/60 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [100] and denominator [60] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

100 ÷ 2

/

60 ÷ 2

=

50

/

30

50 ÷ 2

/

30 ÷ 2

=

25

/

15

25 ÷ 5

/

15 ÷ 5

=

5

/

3

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
100/45	20/9
100/46	50/23
100/47	100/47
100/48	25/12
100/49	100/49
100/50	2/1
100/51	100/51
100/52	25/13
100/53	100/53
100/54	50/27
100/55	20/11
100/56	25/14
100/57	100/57
100/58	50/29
100/59	100/59
100/60	5/3
100/61	100/61
100/62	50/31
100/63	100/63
100/64	25/16
100/65	20/13
100/66	50/33
100/67	100/67
100/68	25/17
100/69	100/69
100/70	10/7
100/71	100/71
100/72	25/18
100/73	100/73
100/74	50/37

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100/60 Simplified