What is 16/36 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 16/36 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 16/36 simplified to lowest terms is 4/9

16

/

36

=

4

/

9

4/9 is the simplified fraction of 16/36.

Simplifying Fraction 16/36 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/36 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [36].

GCF of 16 and 36 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [36] by the GCF [4].

16 ÷ 4

/

36 ÷ 4

=

4

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 16/36 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/36 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [36].

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

Prime Factors of 36: 2,2,3,3

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 × 3 × 3

=

4

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 16/36 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [36] 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

/

36 ÷ 2

=

8

/

18

8 ÷ 2

/

18 ÷ 2

=

4

/

9

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
16/21	16/21
16/22	8/11
16/23	16/23
16/24	2/3 (⅔)
16/25	16/25
16/26	8/13
16/27	16/27
16/28	4/7
16/29	16/29
16/30	8/15
16/31	16/31
16/32	1/2 (½)
16/33	16/33
16/34	8/17
16/35	16/35
16/36	4/9
16/37	16/37
16/38	8/19
16/39	16/39
16/40	2/5 (⅖)
16/41	16/41
16/42	8/21
16/43	16/43
16/44	4/11
16/45	16/45
16/46	8/23
16/47	16/47
16/48	1/3 (⅓)
16/49	16/49
16/50	8/25

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16/36 Simplified