Simplify the operation
Reduce (simplify) the fractions to their lowest terms equivalents:
- To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms equivalent: divide both the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF.
The fraction: - 6,009/11
- 6,009/11 is already reduced to the lowest terms.
The numerator and denominator have no common prime factors:
- 6,009 = 3 × 2,003
- 11 is a prime number.
- GCF (6,009; 11) = 1
The fraction: - 6,019/13
- The prime factorizations of the numerator and denominator:
- 6,019 = 13 × 463
- 13 is a prime number.
- Multiply all the common prime factors: if there are repeating prime factors we only take them once, and only the ones having the lowest exponent (the lowest powers).
- GCF (6,019; 13) = 13
- 6,019/13 = - (6,019 ÷ 13)/(13 ÷ 13) = - 463/1 = - 463
The fraction can also be reduced without calculating GCF; factor the numerator and denominator and cross out all the common prime factors:
- 6,019/13 = - (13 × 463)/13 = - ((13 × 463) ÷ 13)/(13 ÷ 13) = - 463/1 = - 463