19/18 Simplified
What is 19/18 Simplified?
The fraction 19/18 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 19 and denominator 18 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [19] is greater than the denominator [18] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 19/18 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 19/18 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [19] and denominator [18].
GCF of 19 and 18 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [19] and denominator [18] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 19/18 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 19/18 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [19] and denominator [18].
Prime Factors of 18: 2,3,3
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 19/18 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [19] and denominator [18] 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 (19/18) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.