75/125 Simplified
What is 75/125 Simplified?
Answer
3/5 (⅗) is the simplified fraction of 75/125.
Simplifying Fraction 75/125 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 75/125 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [75] and denominator [125].
GCF of 75 and 125 is 25
And then divide both the numerator [75] and denominator [125] by the GCF [25].
Simplifying Fraction 75/125 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 75/125 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [75] and denominator [125].
Prime Factors of 75: 3,5,5
Prime Factors of 125: 5,5,5
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 75/125 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [75] and denominator [125] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.
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