16/42 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/42 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [42].

GCF of 16 and 42 is 2

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [42] by the GCF [2].

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/42 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [42].

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

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [42] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.