7/4 Simplified
What is 7/4 Simplified?
The fraction 7/4 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 7 and denominator 4 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [7] is greater than the denominator [4] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 7/4 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 7/4 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [7] and denominator [4].
GCF of 7 and 4 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [7] and denominator [4] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 7/4 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 7/4 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [7] and denominator [4].
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 7/4 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [7] and denominator [4] 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 (7/4) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.