3/42 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 3/42 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [3] and denominator [42].

GCF of 3 and 42 is 3

And then divide both the numerator [3] and denominator [42] by the GCF [3].

Another method to reduce the fraction 3/42 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [3] and denominator [42].

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 [42] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.