Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
33,333,333,417/60,000,000,048
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 33,333,333,417
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 60,000,000,048
- 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 = 33,333,333,417 ÷ 60,000,000,048
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:
33,333,333,417 = 3 × 3 × 1,301 × 2,846,813 = 32 × 1,301 × 2,846,813
33,333,333,417 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
60,000,000,048 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 3 × 107 × 1,298,027 = 24 × 33 × 107 × 1,298,027
60,000,000,048 is a composite number.
33,333,333,417/60,000,000,048 =
(33,333,333,417 ÷ 9) / (60,000,000,048 ÷ 9) =
3,703,703,713/6,666,666,672
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.
33,333,333,417/60,000,000,048 =
(32 × 1,301 × 2,846,813)/(24 × 33 × 107 × 1,298,027) =
((32 × 1,301 × 2,846,813) ÷ 32) / ((24 × 33 × 107 × 1,298,027) ÷ 32) =
(1,301 × 2,846,813)/(24 × 3 × 107 × 1,298,027) =
3,703,703,713/6,666,666,672
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
3,703,703,713/6,666,666,672 =
3,703,703,713 ÷ 6,666,666,672 =
0.555555556506 ≈
0.56