520/600 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 520/600 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [520] and denominator [600].

GCF of 520 and 600 is 40

And then divide both the numerator [520] and denominator [600] by the GCF [40].

Another method to reduce the fraction 520/600 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [520] and denominator [600].

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 [520] and denominator [600] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.