100/900 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 100/900 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [100] and denominator [900].

GCF of 100 and 900 is 100

And then divide both the numerator [100] and denominator [900] by the GCF [100].

Another method to reduce the fraction 100/900 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [100] and denominator [900].

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 [100] and denominator [900] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.