8/18 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 8/18 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [8] and denominator [18].

GCF of 8 and 18 is 2

And then divide both the numerator [8] and denominator [18] by the GCF [2].

Another method to reduce the fraction 8/18 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [8] and denominator [18].

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 [8] and denominator [18] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

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