5/65 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 5/65 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [5] and denominator [65].

GCF of 5 and 65 is 5

And then divide both the numerator [5] and denominator [65] by the GCF [5].

Another method to reduce the fraction 5/65 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [5] and denominator [65].

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 [5] and denominator [65] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

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