24/84 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 24/84 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [24] and denominator [84].

GCF of 24 and 84 is 12

And then divide both the numerator [24] and denominator [84] by the GCF [12].

Another method to reduce the fraction 24/84 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [24] and denominator [84].

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 [24] and denominator [84] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.