39/16 Simplified
What is 39/16 Simplified?
The fraction 39/16 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 39 and denominator 16 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [39] is greater than the denominator [16] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 39/16 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 39/16 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [39] and denominator [16].
GCF of 39 and 16 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [39] and denominator [16] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 39/16 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 39/16 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [39] and denominator [16].
Prime Factors of 39: 3,13
Prime Factors of 16: 2,2,2,2
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 39/16 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [39] 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 (39/16) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.