4/74 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 4/74 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [4] and denominator [74].

GCF of 4 and 74 is 2

And then divide both the numerator [4] and denominator [74] by the GCF [2].

Another method to reduce the fraction 4/74 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [4] and denominator [74].

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 [4] and denominator [74] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.