7/49 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 7/49 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [7] and denominator [49].

GCF of 7 and 49 is 7

And then divide both the numerator [7] and denominator [49] by the GCF [7].

Another method to reduce the fraction 7/49 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [7] and denominator [49].

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 [7] and denominator [49] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.