What is 56/3 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 56/3 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 56/3 simplified to lowest terms is 56/3

56

/

3

The fraction 56/3 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 56 and denominator 3 have no common factors other than 1 (one)

Since the numerator [56] is greater than the denominator [3] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

56

/

3

=18

2

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 56/3 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 56/3 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [56] and denominator [3].

GCF of 56 and 3 is 1

And then divide both the numerator [56] and denominator [3] by the GCF [1].

56 ÷ 1

/

3 ÷ 1

=

56

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 56/3 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 56/3 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [56] and denominator [3].

Prime Factors of 56: 2,2,2,7

Prime Factors of 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 × 2 × 7

/

3

=

56

/

3

Simplifying Fraction 56/3 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [56] and denominator [3] 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 (56/3) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
56/1	56/1
56/2	28/1
56/3	56/3
56/4	14/1
56/5	56/5
56/6	28/3
56/7	8/1
56/8	7/1
56/9	56/9
56/10	28/5
56/11	56/11
56/12	14/3
56/13	56/13
56/14	4/1
56/15	56/15
56/16	7/2
56/17	56/17
56/18	28/9
56/19	56/19
56/20	14/5
56/21	8/3
56/22	28/11
56/23	56/23
56/24	7/3
56/25	56/25
56/26	28/13
56/27	56/27
56/28	2/1
56/29	56/29
56/30	28/15

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