Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,304/60,000,000,090
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,304
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,090
- 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 = 33,333,333,304 ÷ 60,000,000,090
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:
33,333,333,304 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 17 × 245,098,039 = 23 × 17 × 245,098,039
33,333,333,304 is a composite number.
60,000,000,090 = 2 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 211 × 233 × 2,393
60,000,000,090 is a composite number.
33,333,333,304/60,000,000,090 =
(33,333,333,304 ÷ 34) / (60,000,000,090 ÷ 34) =
980,392,156/1,764,705,885
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.
33,333,333,304/60,000,000,090 =
(23 × 17 × 245,098,039)/(2 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 211 × 233 × 2,393) =
((23 × 17 × 245,098,039) ÷ (2 × 17)) / ((2 × 3 × 5 × 17 × 211 × 233 × 2,393) ÷ (2 × 17)) =
(22 × 245,098,039)/(3 × 5 × 211 × 233 × 2,393) =
980,392,156/1,764,705,885
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
980,392,156/1,764,705,885 =
980,392,156 ÷ 1,764,705,885 =
0.555555554233 ≈
0.56