What is 51/4 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 51/4 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 51/4 simplified to lowest terms is 51/4

51

/

4

The fraction 51/4 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 51 and denominator 4 have no common factors other than 1 (one)

Since the numerator [51] is greater than the denominator [4] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

51

/

4

=12

3

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 51/4 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 51/4 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [51] and denominator [4].

GCF of 51 and 4 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [51] and denominator [4] by the GCF [1].

51 ÷ 1

/

4 ÷ 1

=

51

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 51/4 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 51/4 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [51] and denominator [4].

Prime Factors of 51: 3,17

Prime Factors of 4: 2,2

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

3 × 17

/

2 × 2

=

51

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 51/4 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [51] and denominator [4] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

In our case (51/4) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
51/1	51/1
51/2	51/2
51/3	17/1
51/4	51/4
51/5	51/5
51/6	17/2
51/7	51/7
51/8	51/8
51/9	17/3
51/10	51/10
51/11	51/11
51/12	17/4
51/13	51/13
51/14	51/14
51/15	17/5
51/16	51/16
51/17	3/1
51/18	17/6
51/19	51/19
51/20	51/20
51/21	17/7
51/22	51/22
51/23	51/23
51/24	17/8
51/25	51/25
51/26	51/26
51/27	17/9
51/28	51/28
51/29	51/29
51/30	17/10

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