4/99 Simplified
What is 4/99 Simplified?
The fraction 4/99 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 4 and denominator 99 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Simplifying Fraction 4/99 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 4/99 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [4] and denominator [99].
GCF of 4 and 99 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [4] and denominator [99] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 4/99 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 4/99 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [4] and denominator [99].
Prime Factors of 4: 2,2
Prime Factors of 99: 3,3,11
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 4/99 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [4] and denominator [99] 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 (4/99) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.