What is 850/100 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 850/100 Simplified?

Answer

Fraction 850/100 simplified to lowest terms is 17/2

850

100

=

17

2

17/2 is the simplified fraction of 850/100.

Since the numerator [850] is greater than the denominator [100] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

17

2

=8

1

2

Simplifying Fraction 850/100 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 850/100 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [850] and denominator [100].

GCF of 850 and 100 is 50

And then divide both the numerator [850] and denominator [100] by the GCF [50].

850 ÷ 50

100 ÷ 50

=

17

2

Simplifying Fraction 850/100 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 850/100 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [850] and denominator [100].

Prime Factors of 850: 2,5,5,17

Prime Factors of 100: 2,2,5,5

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

2 × 5 × 5 × 17

2 × 2 × 5 × 5

=

17

2

Simplifying Fraction 850/100 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [850] and denominator [100] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a remainder.

850 ÷ 2

100 ÷ 2

=

425

50

425 ÷ 5

50 ÷ 5

=

85

10

85 ÷ 5

10 ÷ 5

=

17

2

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
850/85	10/1
850/86	425/43
850/87	850/87
850/88	425/44
850/89	850/89
850/90	85/9
850/91	850/91
850/92	425/46
850/93	850/93
850/94	425/47
850/95	170/19
850/96	425/48
850/97	850/97
850/98	425/49
850/99	850/99
850/100	17/2
850/101	850/101
850/102	25/3
850/103	850/103
850/104	425/52
850/105	170/21
850/106	425/53
850/107	850/107
850/108	425/54
850/109	850/109
850/110	85/11
850/111	850/111
850/112	425/56
850/113	850/113
850/114	425/57

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850/100 Simplified