Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
16,666,666,734/30,000,000,036
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 16,666,666,734
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 30,000,000,036
- 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 = 16,666,666,734 ÷ 30,000,000,036
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:
16,666,666,734 = 2 × 3 × 19 × 29 × 1,571 × 3,209
16,666,666,734 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
30,000,000,036 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 4,933 × 506,791 = 22 × 3 × 4,933 × 506,791
30,000,000,036 is a composite number.
16,666,666,734/30,000,000,036 =
(16,666,666,734 ÷ 6) / (30,000,000,036 ÷ 6) =
2,777,777,789/5,000,000,006
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.
16,666,666,734/30,000,000,036 =
(2 × 3 × 19 × 29 × 1,571 × 3,209)/(22 × 3 × 4,933 × 506,791) =
((2 × 3 × 19 × 29 × 1,571 × 3,209) ÷ (2 × 3)) / ((22 × 3 × 4,933 × 506,791) ÷ (2 × 3)) =
(19 × 29 × 1,571 × 3,209)/(2 × 4,933 × 506,791) =
2,777,777,789/5,000,000,006
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
2,777,777,789/5,000,000,006 =
2,777,777,789 ÷ 5,000,000,006 =
0.555555557133 ≈
0.56