Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
363,636,369/3,000,000,003
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 363,636,369
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 3,000,000,003
- 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 = 363,636,369 ÷ 3,000,000,003
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:
363,636,369 = 3 × 3 × 71 × 569,071 = 32 × 71 × 569,071
363,636,369 is a composite number.
3,000,000,003 = 3 × 7 × 11 × 13 × 19 × 52,579
3,000,000,003 is a composite number.
363,636,369/3,000,000,003 =
(363,636,369 ÷ 3) / (3,000,000,003 ÷ 3) =
121,212,123/1,000,000,001
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.
363,636,369/3,000,000,003 =
(32 × 71 × 569,071)/(3 × 7 × 11 × 13 × 19 × 52,579) =
((32 × 71 × 569,071) ÷ 3) / ((3 × 7 × 11 × 13 × 19 × 52,579) ÷ 3) =
(3 × 71 × 569,071)/(7 × 11 × 13 × 19 × 52,579) =
121,212,123/1,000,000,001
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
121,212,123/1,000,000,001 =
121,212,123 ÷ 1,000,000,001 =
0.121212122879 ≈
0.12