Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,358/60,000,000,021
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,358
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,021
- 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 = 33,333,333,358 ÷ 60,000,000,021
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:
33,333,333,358 = 2 × 13 × 31 × 83 × 498,271
33,333,333,358 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
60,000,000,021 = 3 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 13 × 6,353 × 8,969 = 34 × 13 × 6,353 × 8,969
60,000,000,021 is a composite number.
33,333,333,358/60,000,000,021 =
(33,333,333,358 ÷ 13) / (60,000,000,021 ÷ 13) =
2,564,102,566/4,615,384,617
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.
33,333,333,358/60,000,000,021 =
(2 × 13 × 31 × 83 × 498,271)/(34 × 13 × 6,353 × 8,969) =
((2 × 13 × 31 × 83 × 498,271) ÷ 13) / ((34 × 13 × 6,353 × 8,969) ÷ 13) =
(2 × 31 × 83 × 498,271)/(34 × 6,353 × 8,969) =
2,564,102,566/4,615,384,617
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
2,564,102,566/4,615,384,617 =
2,564,102,566 ÷ 4,615,384,617 =
0.555555555772 ≈
0.56