What is 52/72 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 52/72 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 52/72 simplified to lowest terms is 13/18

52

/

72

=

13

/

18

13/18 is the simplified fraction of 52/72.

Simplifying Fraction 52/72 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 52/72 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [52] and denominator [72].

GCF of 52 and 72 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [52] and denominator [72] by the GCF [4].

52 ÷ 4

/

72 ÷ 4

=

13

/

18

Simplifying Fraction 52/72 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 52/72 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [52] and denominator [72].

Prime Factors of 52: 2,2,13

Prime Factors of 72: 2,2,2,3,3

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

2 × 2 × 13

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

=

13

/

18

Simplifying Fraction 52/72 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [52] and denominator [72] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

52 ÷ 2

/

72 ÷ 2

=

26

/

36

26 ÷ 2

/

36 ÷ 2

=

13

/

18

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
52/57	52/57
52/58	26/29
52/59	52/59
52/60	13/15
52/61	52/61
52/62	26/31
52/63	52/63
52/64	13/16
52/65	4/5 (⅘)
52/66	26/33
52/67	52/67
52/68	13/17
52/69	52/69
52/70	26/35
52/71	52/71
52/72	13/18
52/73	52/73
52/74	26/37
52/75	52/75
52/76	13/19
52/77	52/77
52/78	2/3 (⅔)
52/79	52/79
52/80	13/20
52/81	52/81
52/82	26/41
52/83	52/83
52/84	13/21
52/85	52/85
52/86	26/43

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52/72 Simplified