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 remainder.

100 ÷ 2

60 ÷ 2

=

50

30

50 ÷ 2

30 ÷ 2

=

25

15

25 ÷ 5

15 ÷ 5

=

5

3

Related Calculations

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
100/3	100/3
100/4	25/1
100/5	20/1
100/7	100/7
100/9	100/9
100/10	10/1
100/16	25/4
100/20	5/1
100/21	100/21
100/25	4/1
100/30	10/3
100/36	25/9
100/49	100/49
100/50	2/1
100/55	20/11
100/60	5/3
100/64	25/16
100/75	4/3
100/81	100/81
100/90	10/9
100/99	100/99
100/100	1/1
100/110	10/11
100/120	5/6 (⅚)
100/125	4/5 (⅘)
100/130	10/13
100/140	5/7
100/150	2/3 (⅔)
100/160	5/8 (⅝)
100/170	10/17

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100/60 Simplified