Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,338/60,000,000,030
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,338
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,030
- 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 = 33,333,333,338 ÷ 60,000,000,030
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:
33,333,333,338 = 2 × 17 × 9,059 × 108,223
33,333,333,338 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
60,000,000,030 = 2 × 3 × 3 × 5 × 666,666,667 = 2 × 32 × 5 × 666,666,667
60,000,000,030 is a composite number.
33,333,333,338/60,000,000,030 =
(33,333,333,338 ÷ 2) / (60,000,000,030 ÷ 2) =
16,666,666,669/30,000,000,015
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.
33,333,333,338/60,000,000,030 =
(2 × 17 × 9,059 × 108,223)/(2 × 32 × 5 × 666,666,667) =
((2 × 17 × 9,059 × 108,223) ÷ 2) / ((2 × 32 × 5 × 666,666,667) ÷ 2) =
(17 × 9,059 × 108,223)/(32 × 5 × 666,666,667) =
16,666,666,669/30,000,000,015
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
16,666,666,669/30,000,000,015 =
16,666,666,669 ÷ 30,000,000,015 =
0.555555555356 ≈
0.56