What is 15/7 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 15/7 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 15/7 simplified to lowest terms is 15/7

15

/

7

The fraction 15/7 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 15 and denominator 7 have no common factors other than 1 (one)

Since the numerator [15] is greater than the denominator [7] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

15

/

7

=2

1

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 15/7 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 15/7 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [15] and denominator [7].

GCF of 15 and 7 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [15] and denominator [7] by the GCF [1].

15 ÷ 1

/

7 ÷ 1

=

15

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 15/7 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 15/7 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [15] and denominator [7].

Prime Factors of 15: 3,5

Prime Factors of 7: 7

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

3 × 5

/

7

=

15

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 15/7 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [15] and denominator [7] 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 (15/7) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
15/1	15/1
15/2	15/2
15/3	5/1
15/4	15/4
15/5	3/1
15/6	5/2
15/7	15/7
15/8	15/8
15/9	5/3
15/10	3/2
15/11	15/11
15/12	5/4
15/13	15/13
15/14	15/14
15/15	1/1
15/16	15/16
15/17	15/17
15/18	5/6 (⅚)
15/19	15/19
15/20	3/4 (¾)
15/21	5/7
15/22	15/22
15/23	15/23
15/24	5/8 (⅝)
15/25	3/5 (⅗)
15/26	15/26
15/27	5/9
15/28	15/28
15/29	15/29
15/30	1/2 (½)

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15/7 Simplified