What is 500/100 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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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].

Prime Factors of 500: 2,2,5,5,5

Prime Factors of 100: 2,2,5,5

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 remainder.

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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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
500/85	100/17
500/86	250/43
500/87	500/87
500/88	125/22
500/89	500/89
500/90	50/9
500/91	500/91
500/92	125/23
500/93	500/93
500/94	250/47
500/95	100/19
500/96	125/24
500/97	500/97
500/98	250/49
500/99	500/99
500/100	5/1
500/101	500/101
500/102	250/51
500/103	500/103
500/104	125/26
500/105	100/21
500/106	250/53
500/107	500/107
500/108	125/27
500/109	500/109
500/110	50/11
500/111	500/111
500/112	125/28
500/113	500/113
500/114	250/57

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500/100 Simplified