What is 30/18 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 30/18 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 30/18 simplified to lowest terms is 5/3

30

/

18

=

5

/

3

5/3 is the simplified fraction of 30/18.

Since the numerator [30] is greater than the denominator [18] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

3

=1

2

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 30/18 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 30/18 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [30] and denominator [18].

GCF of 30 and 18 is 6

And then divide both the numerator [30] and denominator [18] by the GCF [6].

30 ÷ 6

/

18 ÷ 6

=

5

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 30/18 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 30/18 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [30] and denominator [18].

Prime Factors of 30: 2,3,5

Prime Factors of 18: 2,3,3

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

2 × 3 × 5

/

2 × 3 × 3

=

5

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 30/18 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [30] and denominator [18] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

30 ÷ 2

/

18 ÷ 2

=

15

/

9

15 ÷ 3

/

9 ÷ 3

=

5

/

3

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
30/3	10/1
30/4	15/2
30/5	6/1
30/6	5/1
30/7	30/7
30/8	15/4
30/9	10/3
30/10	3/1
30/11	30/11
30/12	5/2
30/13	30/13
30/14	15/7
30/15	2/1
30/16	15/8
30/17	30/17
30/18	5/3
30/19	30/19
30/20	3/2
30/21	10/7
30/22	15/11
30/23	30/23
30/24	5/4
30/25	6/5
30/26	15/13
30/27	10/9
30/28	15/14
30/29	30/29
30/30	1/1
30/31	30/31
30/32	15/16

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