Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
779,422,863,342/900,000,000,075
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 779,422,863,342
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 900,000,000,075
- 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 = 779,422,863,342 ÷ 900,000,000,075
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:
779,422,863,342 = 2 × 3 × 17 × 7,641,400,621
779,422,863,342 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
900,000,000,075 = 3 × 5 × 5 × 11 × 17 × 1,093 × 58,711 = 3 × 52 × 11 × 17 × 1,093 × 58,711
900,000,000,075 is a composite number.
779,422,863,342/900,000,000,075 =
(779,422,863,342 ÷ 51) / (900,000,000,075 ÷ 51) =
15,282,801,242/17,647,058,825
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.
779,422,863,342/900,000,000,075 =
(2 × 3 × 17 × 7,641,400,621)/(3 × 52 × 11 × 17 × 1,093 × 58,711) =
((2 × 3 × 17 × 7,641,400,621) ÷ (3 × 17)) / ((3 × 52 × 11 × 17 × 1,093 × 58,711) ÷ (3 × 17)) =
(2 × 7,641,400,621)/(52 × 11 × 1,093 × 58,711) =
15,282,801,242/17,647,058,825
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
15,282,801,242/17,647,058,825 =
15,282,801,242 ÷ 17,647,058,825 =
0.866025403641 ≈
0.87