52/68 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 52/68 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [52] and denominator [68].

GCF of 52 and 68 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [52] and denominator [68] by the GCF [4].

Another method to reduce the fraction 52/68 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [52] and denominator [68].

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 [52] and denominator [68] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.