What is 16/1000 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 16/1000 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 16/1000 simplified to lowest terms is 2/125

16

/

1000

=

2

/

125

2/125 is the simplified fraction of 16/1000.

Simplifying Fraction 16/1000 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/1000 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [1000].

GCF of 16 and 1000 is 8

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [1000] by the GCF [8].

16 ÷ 8

/

1000 ÷ 8

=

2

/

125

Simplifying Fraction 16/1000 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/1000 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [1000].

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

Prime Factors of 1000: 2,2,2,5,5,5

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 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5

=

2

/

125

Simplifying Fraction 16/1000 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [1000] 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

/

1000 ÷ 2

=

8

/

500

8 ÷ 2

/

500 ÷ 2

=

4

/

250

4 ÷ 2

/

250 ÷ 2

=

2

/

125

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
16/985	16/985
16/986	8/493
16/987	16/987
16/988	4/247
16/989	16/989
16/990	8/495
16/991	16/991
16/992	1/62
16/993	16/993
16/994	8/497
16/995	16/995
16/996	4/249
16/997	16/997
16/998	8/499
16/999	16/999
16/1000	2/125
16/1001	16/1001
16/1002	8/501
16/1003	16/1003
16/1004	4/251
16/1005	16/1005
16/1006	8/503
16/1007	16/1007
16/1008	1/63
16/1009	16/1009
16/1010	8/505
16/1011	16/1011
16/1012	4/253
16/1013	16/1013
16/1014	8/507

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Simplifying a fraction, (e.g. 16/1000) means reducing it to its simplest form. A fraction is considered simplified if its numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1 (one).

16/1000 Simplified