Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,324/60,000,000,042
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,324
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,042
- 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 = 33,333,333,324 ÷ 60,000,000,042
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:
33,333,333,324 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 2,777,777,777 = 22 × 3 × 2,777,777,777
33,333,333,324 is a composite number.
60,000,000,042 = 2 × 3 × 23 × 2,293 × 189,613
60,000,000,042 is a composite number.
33,333,333,324/60,000,000,042 =
(33,333,333,324 ÷ 6) / (60,000,000,042 ÷ 6) =
5,555,555,554/10,000,000,007
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.
33,333,333,324/60,000,000,042 =
(22 × 3 × 2,777,777,777)/(2 × 3 × 23 × 2,293 × 189,613) =
((22 × 3 × 2,777,777,777) ÷ (2 × 3)) / ((2 × 3 × 23 × 2,293 × 189,613) ÷ (2 × 3)) =
(2 × 2,777,777,777)/(23 × 2,293 × 189,613) =
5,555,555,554/10,000,000,007
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
5,555,555,554/10,000,000,007 =
5,555,555,554 ÷ 10,000,000,007 =
0.555555555011 ≈
0.56