What is 27/23 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 27/23 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 27/23 simplified to lowest terms is 27/23

27

/

23

The fraction 27/23 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 27 and denominator 23 have no common factors other than 1 (one)

Since the numerator [27] is greater than the denominator [23] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

27

/

23

=1

4

/

23

Simplifying Fraction 27/23 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 27/23 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [27] and denominator [23].

GCF of 27 and 23 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [27] and denominator [23] by the GCF [1].

27 ÷ 1

/

23 ÷ 1

=

27

/

23

Simplifying Fraction 27/23 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 27/23 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [27] and denominator [23].

Prime Factors of 27: 3,3,3

Prime Factors of 23: 23

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

3 × 3 × 3

/

23

=

27

/

23

Simplifying Fraction 27/23 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [27] and denominator [23] 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 (27/23) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
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
27/31	27/31
27/32	27/32
27/33	9/11
27/34	27/34
27/35	27/35
27/36	3/4 (¾)
27/37	27/37

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Simplifying a fraction, (e.g. 27/23) means reducing it to its simplest form. A fraction is considered simplified if its numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1 (one).

27/23 Simplified