What is 48/96 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 48/96 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 48/96 simplified to lowest terms is 1/2 (½)

48

/

96

=

1

/

2

1/2 (½) is the simplified fraction of 48/96.

Simplifying Fraction 48/96 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 48/96 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [48] and denominator [96].

GCF of 48 and 96 is 48

And then divide both the numerator [48] and denominator [96] by the GCF [48].

48 ÷ 48

/

96 ÷ 48

=

1

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 48/96 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 48/96 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [48] and denominator [96].

Prime Factors of 48: 2,2,2,2,3

Prime Factors of 96: 2,2,2,2,2,3

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3

=

1

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 48/96 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [48] and denominator [96] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.
48 ÷ 2
/
96 ÷ 2
=24
/
48
24 ÷ 2
/
48 ÷ 2
=12
/
24
12 ÷ 2
/
24 ÷ 2
=6
/
12
6 ÷ 2
/
12 ÷ 2
=3
/
6
3 ÷ 3
/
6 ÷ 3
=1
/
2

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
48/81	16/27
48/82	24/41
48/83	48/83
48/84	4/7
48/85	48/85
48/86	24/43
48/87	16/29
48/88	6/11
48/89	48/89
48/90	8/15
48/91	48/91
48/92	12/23
48/93	16/31
48/94	24/47
48/95	48/95
48/96	1/2 (½)
48/97	48/97
48/98	24/49
48/99	16/33
48/100	12/25
48/101	48/101
48/102	8/17
48/103	48/103
48/104	6/13
48/105	16/35
48/106	24/53
48/107	48/107
48/108	4/9
48/109	48/109
48/110	24/55

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