48/23 Simplified
What is 48/23 Simplified?
The fraction 48/23 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 48 and denominator 23 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [48] is greater than the denominator [23] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 48/23 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 48/23 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [48] and denominator [23].
GCF of 48 and 23 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [48] and denominator [23] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 48/23 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 48/23 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [48] and denominator [23].
Prime Factors of 48: 2,2,2,2,3
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 48/23 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [48] and denominator [23] 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 (48/23) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.