14/45 Simplified
What is 14/45 Simplified?
The fraction 14/45 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 14 and denominator 45 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Simplifying Fraction 14/45 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 14/45 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [14] and denominator [45].
GCF of 14 and 45 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [14] and denominator [45] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 14/45 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 14/45 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [14] and denominator [45].
Prime Factors of 14: 2,7
Prime Factors of 45: 3,3,5
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 14/45 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [14] and denominator [45] 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 (14/45) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.