15/44 Simplified
What is 15/44 Simplified?
The fraction 15/44 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 15 and denominator 44 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Simplifying Fraction 15/44 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 15/44 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [15] and denominator [44].
GCF of 15 and 44 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [15] and denominator [44] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 15/44 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 15/44 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [15] and denominator [44].
Prime Factors of 15: 3,5
Prime Factors of 44: 2,2,11
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 15/44 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [15] and denominator [44] 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 (15/44) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.