What is 72/76 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 72/76 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 72/76 simplified to lowest terms is 18/19

72

/

76

=

18

/

19

18/19 is the simplified fraction of 72/76.

Simplifying Fraction 72/76 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 72/76 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [72] and denominator [76].

GCF of 72 and 76 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [72] and denominator [76] by the GCF [4].

72 ÷ 4

/

76 ÷ 4

=

18

/

19

Simplifying Fraction 72/76 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 72/76 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [72] and denominator [76].

Prime Factors of 72: 2,2,2,3,3

Prime Factors of 76: 2,2,19

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

/

2 × 2 × 19

=

18

/

19

Simplifying Fraction 72/76 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [72] and denominator [76] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

72 ÷ 2

/

76 ÷ 2

=

36

/

38

36 ÷ 2

/

38 ÷ 2

=

18

/

19

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
72/61	72/61
72/62	36/31
72/63	8/7
72/64	9/8
72/65	72/65
72/66	12/11
72/67	72/67
72/68	18/17
72/69	24/23
72/70	36/35
72/71	72/71
72/72	1/1
72/73	72/73
72/74	36/37
72/75	24/25
72/76	18/19
72/77	72/77
72/78	12/13
72/79	72/79
72/80	9/10
72/81	8/9
72/82	36/41
72/83	72/83
72/84	6/7
72/85	72/85
72/86	36/43
72/87	24/29
72/88	9/11
72/89	72/89
72/90	4/5 (⅘)

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72/76 Simplified