What is 60/72 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 60/72 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 60/72 simplified to lowest terms is 5/6 (⅚)

60

/

72

=

5

/

6

5/6 (⅚) is the simplified fraction of 60/72.

Simplifying Fraction 60/72 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 60/72 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [60] and denominator [72].

GCF of 60 and 72 is 12

And then divide both the numerator [60] and denominator [72] by the GCF [12].

60 ÷ 12

/

72 ÷ 12

=

5

/

6

Simplifying Fraction 60/72 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 60/72 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [60] and denominator [72].

Prime Factors of 60: 2,2,3,5

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 × 3 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

=

5

/

6

Simplifying Fraction 60/72 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [60] 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.

60 ÷ 2

/

72 ÷ 2

=

30

/

36

30 ÷ 2

/

36 ÷ 2

=

15

/

18

15 ÷ 3

/

18 ÷ 3

=

5

/

6

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
60/57	20/19
60/58	30/29
60/59	60/59
60/60	1/1
60/61	60/61
60/62	30/31
60/63	20/21
60/64	15/16
60/65	12/13
60/66	10/11
60/67	60/67
60/68	15/17
60/69	20/23
60/70	6/7
60/71	60/71
60/72	5/6 (⅚)
60/73	60/73
60/74	30/37
60/75	4/5 (⅘)
60/76	15/19
60/77	60/77
60/78	10/13
60/79	60/79
60/80	3/4 (¾)
60/81	20/27
60/82	30/41
60/83	60/83
60/84	5/7
60/85	12/17
60/86	30/43

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60/72 Simplified