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: - 63/39,052
- 63/39,052 is already reduced to the lowest terms.
The numerator and denominator have no common prime factors:
- 63 = 32 × 7
- 39,052 = 22 × 13 × 751
- GCF (63; 39,052) = 1
The fraction: - 70/39,060
- The prime factorizations of the numerator and denominator:
- 70 = 2 × 5 × 7
- 39,060 = 22 × 32 × 5 × 7 × 31
- 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 (70; 39,060) = 2 × 5 × 7 = 70
- 70/39,060 = - (70 ÷ 70)/(39,060 ÷ 70) = - 1/558
The fraction can also be reduced without calculating GCF; factor the numerator and denominator and cross out all the common prime factors:
- 70/39,060 = - (2 × 5 × 7)/(22 × 32 × 5 × 7 × 31) = - ((2 × 5 × 7) ÷ (2 × 5 × 7))/((22 × 32 × 5 × 7 × 31) ÷ (2 × 5 × 7)) = - 1/558