27/13 Simplified
What is 27/13 Simplified?
The fraction 27/13 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 27 and denominator 13 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [27] is greater than the denominator [13] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 27/13 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 27/13 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [27] and denominator [13].
GCF of 27 and 13 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [27] and denominator [13] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 27/13 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 27/13 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [27] and denominator [13].
Prime Factors of 27: 3,3,3
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 27/13 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [27] and denominator [13] 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 (27/13) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.