Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,342/60,000,000,015
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,342
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,015
- 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 = 33,333,333,342 ÷ 60,000,000,015
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:
33,333,333,342 = 2 × 3 × 5,555,555,557
33,333,333,342 is a composite number.
60,000,000,015 = 3 × 5 × 47 × 127 × 670,129
60,000,000,015 is a composite number.
33,333,333,342/60,000,000,015 =
(33,333,333,342 ÷ 3) / (60,000,000,015 ÷ 3) =
11,111,111,114/20,000,000,005
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.
33,333,333,342/60,000,000,015 =
(2 × 3 × 5,555,555,557)/(3 × 5 × 47 × 127 × 670,129) =
((2 × 3 × 5,555,555,557) ÷ 3) / ((3 × 5 × 47 × 127 × 670,129) ÷ 3) =
(2 × 5,555,555,557)/(5 × 47 × 127 × 670,129) =
11,111,111,114/20,000,000,005
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
11,111,111,114/20,000,000,005 =
11,111,111,114 ÷ 20,000,000,005 =
0.555555555561 ≈
0.56