36/24 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 36/24 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [36] and denominator [24].

GCF of 36 and 24 is 12

And then divide both the numerator [36] and denominator [24] by the GCF [12].

Another method to reduce the fraction 36/24 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [36] and denominator [24].

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 [36] and denominator [24] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

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