12/69 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 12/69 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [12] and denominator [69].

GCF of 12 and 69 is 3

And then divide both the numerator [12] and denominator [69] by the GCF [3].

Another method to reduce the fraction 12/69 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [12] and denominator [69].

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 [12] and denominator [69] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.