What is 66/72 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 66/72 Simplified?

Answer

Fraction 66/72 simplified to lowest terms is 11/12

66

72

=

11

12

11/12 is the simplified fraction of 66/72.

Simplifying Fraction 66/72 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 66/72 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [66] and denominator [72].

GCF of 66 and 72 is 6

And then divide both the numerator [66] and denominator [72] by the GCF [6].

66 ÷ 6

72 ÷ 6

=

11

12

Simplifying Fraction 66/72 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 66/72 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [66] and denominator [72].

Prime Factors of 66: 2,3,11

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 × 3 × 11

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

=

11

12

Simplifying Fraction 66/72 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [66] 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 remainder.

66 ÷ 2

72 ÷ 2

=

33

36

33 ÷ 3

36 ÷ 3

=

11

12

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
66/57	22/19
66/58	33/29
66/59	66/59
66/60	11/10
66/61	66/61
66/62	33/31
66/63	22/21
66/64	33/32
66/65	66/65
66/66	1/1
66/67	66/67
66/68	33/34
66/69	22/23
66/70	33/35
66/71	66/71
66/72	11/12
66/73	66/73
66/74	33/37
66/75	22/25
66/76	33/38
66/77	6/7
66/78	11/13
66/79	66/79
66/80	33/40
66/81	22/27
66/82	33/41
66/83	66/83
66/84	11/14
66/85	66/85
66/86	33/43

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66/72 Simplified