What is 27/60 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 27/60 Simplified?

Answer

Fraction 27/60 simplified to lowest terms is 9/20

27

60

=

9

20

9/20 is the simplified fraction of 27/60.

Simplifying Fraction 27/60 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 27/60 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [27] and denominator [60].

GCF of 27 and 60 is 3

And then divide both the numerator [27] and denominator [60] by the GCF [3].

27 ÷ 3

60 ÷ 3

=

9

20

Simplifying Fraction 27/60 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 27/60 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [27] and denominator [60].

Prime Factors of 27: 3,3,3

Prime Factors of 60: 2,2,3,5

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 × 5

=

9

20

Simplifying Fraction 27/60 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [27] and denominator [60] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.

27 ÷ 3

60 ÷ 3

=

9

20

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
27/45	3/5 (⅗)
27/46	27/46
27/47	27/47
27/48	9/16
27/49	27/49
27/50	27/50
27/51	9/17
27/52	27/52
27/53	27/53
27/54	1/2 (½)
27/55	27/55
27/56	27/56
27/57	9/19
27/58	27/58
27/59	27/59
27/60	9/20
27/61	27/61
27/62	27/62
27/63	3/7
27/64	27/64
27/65	27/65
27/66	9/22
27/67	27/67
27/68	27/68
27/69	9/23
27/70	27/70
27/71	27/71
27/72	3/8 (⅜)
27/73	27/73
27/74	27/74

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27/60 Simplified