3/16 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 3/16 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [3] and denominator [16].

GCF of 3 and 16 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [3] and denominator [16] by the GCF [1].

Another method to reduce the fraction 3/16 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [3] and denominator [16].

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

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [3] and denominator [16] 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 (3/16) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.