Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,396/60,000,000,024
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,396
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,024
- 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 = 33,333,333,396 ÷ 60,000,000,024
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:
33,333,333,396 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 11 × 193 × 1,308,421 = 22 × 3 × 11 × 193 × 1,308,421
33,333,333,396 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
60,000,000,024 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 2,500,000,001 = 23 × 3 × 2,500,000,001
60,000,000,024 is a composite number.
33,333,333,396/60,000,000,024 =
(33,333,333,396 ÷ 12) / (60,000,000,024 ÷ 12) =
2,777,777,783/5,000,000,002
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.
33,333,333,396/60,000,000,024 =
(22 × 3 × 11 × 193 × 1,308,421)/(23 × 3 × 2,500,000,001) =
((22 × 3 × 11 × 193 × 1,308,421) ÷ (22 × 3)) / ((23 × 3 × 2,500,000,001) ÷ (22 × 3)) =
(11 × 193 × 1,308,421)/(2 × 2,500,000,001) =
2,777,777,783/5,000,000,002
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
2,777,777,783/5,000,000,002 =
2,777,777,783 ÷ 5,000,000,002 =
0.555555556378 ≈
0.56