What is 250/100 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 250/100 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 250/100 simplified to lowest terms is 5/2

250

/

100

=

5

/

2

5/2 is the simplified fraction of 250/100.

Since the numerator [250] is greater than the denominator [100] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

2

=2

1

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 250/100 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 250/100 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [250] and denominator [100].

GCF of 250 and 100 is 50

And then divide both the numerator [250] and denominator [100] by the GCF [50].

250 ÷ 50

/

100 ÷ 50

=

5

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 250/100 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 250/100 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [250] and denominator [100].

Prime Factors of 250: 2,5,5,5

Prime Factors of 100: 2,2,5,5

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

2 × 5 × 5 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 5 × 5

=

5

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 250/100 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [250] and denominator [100] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

250 ÷ 2

/

100 ÷ 2

=

125

/

50

125 ÷ 5

/

50 ÷ 5

=

25

/

10

25 ÷ 5

/

10 ÷ 5

=

5

/

2

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
250/85	50/17
250/86	125/43
250/87	250/87
250/88	125/44
250/89	250/89
250/90	25/9
250/91	250/91
250/92	125/46
250/93	250/93
250/94	125/47
250/95	50/19
250/96	125/48
250/97	250/97
250/98	125/49
250/99	250/99
250/100	5/2
250/101	250/101
250/102	125/51
250/103	250/103
250/104	125/52
250/105	50/21
250/106	125/53
250/107	250/107
250/108	125/54
250/109	250/109
250/110	25/11
250/111	250/111
250/112	125/56
250/113	250/113
250/114	125/57

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