18/300 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 18/300 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [18] and denominator [300].

GCF of 18 and 300 is 6

And then divide both the numerator [18] and denominator [300] by the GCF [6].

Another method to reduce the fraction 18/300 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [18] and denominator [300].

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 [18] and denominator [300] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.