What is 16/9 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 16/9 Simplified?

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

16

/

9

The fraction 16/9 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 16 and denominator 9 have no common factors other than 1 (one)

Since the numerator [16] is greater than the denominator [9] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

16

/

9

=1

7

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 16/9 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/9 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [9].

GCF of 16 and 9 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [9] by the GCF [1].

16 ÷ 1

/

9 ÷ 1

=

16

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 16/9 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/9 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [9].

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

Prime Factors of 9: 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

/

3 × 3

=

16

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 16/9 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [9] 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 (16/9) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
16/1	16/1
16/2	8/1
16/3	16/3
16/4	4/1
16/5	16/5
16/6	8/3
16/7	16/7
16/8	2/1
16/9	16/9
16/10	8/5
16/11	16/11
16/12	4/3
16/13	16/13
16/14	8/7
16/15	16/15
16/16	1/1
16/17	16/17
16/18	8/9
16/19	16/19
16/20	4/5 (⅘)
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

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16/9 Simplified