Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
155,555,555,570/700,000,000,008
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 155,555,555,570
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 700,000,000,008
- The fraction bar means that the numerator is divided by the denominator.
- To get the fraction's value divide the numerator by the denominator:
The value = 155,555,555,570 ÷ 700,000,000,008
To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms equivalent: divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF
To calculate the greatest common factor, GCF:
- 1. Factor the numerator and the denominator (into prime factors), build their prime factorizations.
- 2. Multiply all their common prime factors, taken by the lowest exponents.
1. Factor the numerator and the denominator:
To factor a number (into prime factors) - or, in other words, to break it down to prime factors - or, in other words, to build its prime factorization: find the prime numbers that multiply together to get that number.
The prime factorizations:
155,555,555,570 = 2 × 5 × 67 × 991 × 234,281
155,555,555,570 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
700,000,000,008 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 73 × 399,543,379 = 23 × 3 × 73 × 399,543,379
700,000,000,008 is a composite number.
155,555,555,570/700,000,000,008 =
(155,555,555,570 ÷ 2) / (700,000,000,008 ÷ 2) =
77,777,777,785/350,000,000,004
Yet another method to reduce the fraction
To reduce a fraction without calculating the GCF: factor its numerator and denominator, then all the common prime factors are easily identified and crossed out.
155,555,555,570/700,000,000,008 =
(2 × 5 × 67 × 991 × 234,281)/(23 × 3 × 73 × 399,543,379) =
((2 × 5 × 67 × 991 × 234,281) ÷ 2) / ((23 × 3 × 73 × 399,543,379) ÷ 2) =
(5 × 67 × 991 × 234,281)/(22 × 3 × 73 × 399,543,379) =
77,777,777,785/350,000,000,004
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
77,777,777,785/350,000,000,004 =
77,777,777,785 ÷ 350,000,000,004 =
0.22222222224 ≈
0.22