Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
16,666,666,696/30,000,000,012
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 16,666,666,696
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 30,000,000,012
- 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 = 16,666,666,696 ÷ 30,000,000,012
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:
Written with exponents:
16,666,666,696 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 19 × 109,649,123 = 23 × 19 × 109,649,123
16,666,666,696 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
30,000,000,012 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2,500,000,001 = 22 × 3 × 2,500,000,001
30,000,000,012 is a composite number.
16,666,666,696/30,000,000,012 =
(16,666,666,696 ÷ 4) / (30,000,000,012 ÷ 4) =
4,166,666,674/7,500,000,003
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.
16,666,666,696/30,000,000,012 =
(23 × 19 × 109,649,123)/(22 × 3 × 2,500,000,001) =
((23 × 19 × 109,649,123) ÷ 22) / ((22 × 3 × 2,500,000,001) ÷ 22) =
(2 × 19 × 109,649,123)/(3 × 2,500,000,001) =
4,166,666,674/7,500,000,003
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
4,166,666,674/7,500,000,003 =
4,166,666,674 ÷ 7,500,000,003 =
0.555555556311 ≈
0.56