What is 27/72 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 27/72 Simplified?

Answer

Fraction 27/72 simplified to lowest terms is 3/8 (⅜)

27

72

=

3

8

3/8 (⅜) is the simplified fraction of 27/72.

Simplifying Fraction 27/72 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 27/72 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [27] and denominator [72].

GCF of 27 and 72 is 9

And then divide both the numerator [27] and denominator [72] by the GCF [9].

27 ÷ 9

72 ÷ 9

=

3

8

Simplifying Fraction 27/72 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 27/72 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [27] and denominator [72].

Prime Factors of 27: 3,3,3

Prime Factors of 72: 2,2,2,3,3

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 × 2 × 3 × 3

=

3

8

Simplifying Fraction 27/72 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [27] and denominator [72] 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

72 ÷ 3

=

9

24

9 ÷ 3

24 ÷ 3

=

3

8

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
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
27/75	9/25
27/76	27/76
27/77	27/77
27/78	9/26
27/79	27/79
27/80	27/80
27/81	1/3 (⅓)
27/82	27/82
27/83	27/83
27/84	9/28
27/85	27/85
27/86	27/86

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27/72 Simplified