500/100 Simplified

What is 500/100 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 500/100 simplified to lowest terms is 5/1
500
/
100
=
5
/
1

5/1 is the simplified fraction of 500/100.

Since the numerator [500] is greater than the denominator [100] and numerator is a multiple of the denominator, so we can convert it into a whole number:

5
/
1
=5

Simplifying Fraction 500/100 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 500/100 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [500] and denominator [100].

GCF of 500 and 100 is 100

And then divide both the numerator [500] and denominator [100] by the GCF [100].

500 ÷ 100
/
100 ÷ 100
=
5
/
1

Simplifying Fraction 500/100 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 500/100 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [500] and denominator [100].

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

2 × 2 × 5 × 5 × 5
/
2 × 2 × 5 × 5
=
5
/
1

Simplifying Fraction 500/100 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [500] and denominator [100] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

500 ÷ 2
/
100 ÷ 2
=
250
/
50
250 ÷ 2
/
50 ÷ 2
=
125
/
25
125 ÷ 5
/
25 ÷ 5
=
25
/
5
25 ÷ 5
/
5 ÷ 5
=
5
/
1

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FractionLowest Terms
500/85100/17
500/86250/43
500/87500/87
500/88125/22
500/89500/89
500/90
500/91500/91
500/92125/23
500/93500/93
500/94250/47
500/95100/19
500/96125/24
500/97500/97
500/98250/49
500/99500/99
500/101500/101
500/102250/51
500/103500/103
500/104125/26
500/105100/21
500/106250/53
500/107500/107
500/108125/27
500/109500/109
500/11050/11
500/111500/111
500/112125/28
500/113500/113
500/114250/57

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What is 500/100 Simplified?

Fraction 500/100 simplified to lowest terms is 5/1