75/45 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 75/45 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [75] and denominator [45].

GCF of 75 and 45 is 15

And then divide both the numerator [75] and denominator [45] by the GCF [15].

Another method to reduce the fraction 75/45 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [75] and denominator [45].

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 [75] and denominator [45] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.