42/91 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 42/91 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [42] and denominator [91].

GCF of 42 and 91 is 7

And then divide both the numerator [42] and denominator [91] by the GCF [7].

Another method to reduce the fraction 42/91 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [42] and denominator [91].

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 [42] and denominator [91] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.