490/560 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 490/560 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [490] and denominator [560].

GCF of 490 and 560 is 70

And then divide both the numerator [490] and denominator [560] by the GCF [70].

Another method to reduce the fraction 490/560 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [490] and denominator [560].

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 [490] and denominator [560] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.