Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,384/60,000,000,054
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,384
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,054
- 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 = 33,333,333,384 ÷ 60,000,000,054
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:
33,333,333,384 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 13 × 127 × 841,241 = 23 × 3 × 13 × 127 × 841,241
33,333,333,384 is a composite number.
60,000,000,054 = 2 × 3 × 33,889 × 295,081
60,000,000,054 is a composite number.
33,333,333,384/60,000,000,054 =
(33,333,333,384 ÷ 6) / (60,000,000,054 ÷ 6) =
5,555,555,564/10,000,000,009
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.
33,333,333,384/60,000,000,054 =
(23 × 3 × 13 × 127 × 841,241)/(2 × 3 × 33,889 × 295,081) =
((23 × 3 × 13 × 127 × 841,241) ÷ (2 × 3)) / ((2 × 3 × 33,889 × 295,081) ÷ (2 × 3)) =
(22 × 13 × 127 × 841,241)/(33,889 × 295,081) =
5,555,555,564/10,000,000,009
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
5,555,555,564/10,000,000,009 =
5,555,555,564 ÷ 10,000,000,009 =
0.5555555559 ≈
0.56