49/42 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 49/42 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [49] and denominator [42].

GCF of 49 and 42 is 7

And then divide both the numerator [49] and denominator [42] by the GCF [7].

Another method to reduce the fraction 49/42 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [49] and denominator [42].

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