What is 16/100 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 16/100 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 16/100 simplified to lowest terms is 4/25

16

/

100

=

4

/

25

4/25 is the simplified fraction of 16/100.

Simplifying Fraction 16/100 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/100 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [100].

GCF of 16 and 100 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [100] by the GCF [4].

16 ÷ 4

/

100 ÷ 4

=

4

/

25

Simplifying Fraction 16/100 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/100 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [100].

Prime Factors of 16: 2,2,2,2

Prime Factors of 100: 2,2,5,5

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

2 × 2 × 2 × 2

/

2 × 2 × 5 × 5

=

4

/

25

Simplifying Fraction 16/100 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [100] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

16 ÷ 2

/

100 ÷ 2

=

8

/

50

8 ÷ 2

/

50 ÷ 2

=

4

/

25

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
16/85	16/85
16/86	8/43
16/87	16/87
16/88	2/11
16/89	16/89
16/90	8/45
16/91	16/91
16/92	4/23
16/93	16/93
16/94	8/47
16/95	16/95
16/96	1/6 (⅙)
16/97	16/97
16/98	8/49
16/99	16/99
16/100	4/25
16/101	16/101
16/102	8/51
16/103	16/103
16/104	2/13
16/105	16/105
16/106	8/53
16/107	16/107
16/108	4/27
16/109	16/109
16/110	8/55
16/111	16/111
16/112	1/7 (⅐)
16/113	16/113
16/114	8/57

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16/100 Simplified