11/28 Simplified
What is 11/28 Simplified?
The fraction 11/28 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 11 and denominator 28 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Simplifying Fraction 11/28 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 11/28 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [11] and denominator [28].
GCF of 11 and 28 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [11] and denominator [28] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 11/28 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 11/28 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [11] and denominator [28].
Prime Factors of 28: 2,2,7
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 11/28 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [11] and denominator [28] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.
In our case (11/28) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.