What is 27/12 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 27/12 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 27/12 simplified to lowest terms is 9/4

27

/

12

=

9

/

4

9/4 is the simplified fraction of 27/12.

Since the numerator [27] is greater than the denominator [12] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

9

/

4

=2

1

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 27/12 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 27/12 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [27] and denominator [12].

GCF of 27 and 12 is 3

And then divide both the numerator [27] and denominator [12] by the GCF [3].

27 ÷ 3

/

12 ÷ 3

=

9

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 27/12 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 27/12 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [27] and denominator [12].

Prime Factors of 27: 3,3,3

Prime Factors of 12: 2,2,3

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

3 × 3 × 3

/

2 × 2 × 3

=

9

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 27/12 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [27] and denominator [12] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

27 ÷ 3

/

12 ÷ 3

=

9

/

4

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
27/1	27/1
27/2	27/2
27/3	9/1
27/4	27/4
27/5	27/5
27/6	9/2
27/7	27/7
27/8	27/8
27/9	3/1
27/10	27/10
27/11	27/11
27/12	9/4
27/13	27/13
27/14	27/14
27/15	9/5
27/16	27/16
27/17	27/17
27/18	3/2
27/19	27/19
27/20	27/20
27/21	9/7
27/22	27/22
27/23	27/23
27/24	9/8
27/25	27/25
27/26	27/26
27/27	1/1
27/28	27/28
27/29	27/29
27/30	9/10

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