Detailed calculations and explanations, below
A common ordinary fraction is made up of
two integer numbers and a fraction bar:
779,422,863,381/900,000,000,012
- The integer number above the bar is called numerator: 779,422,863,381
- The integer number below the bar is called denominator: 900,000,000,012
- 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 = 779,422,863,381 ÷ 900,000,000,012
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:
779,422,863,381 = 3 × 41 × 587 × 10,795,181
779,422,863,381 is a composite number.
Written with exponents:
900,000,000,012 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 75,000,000,001 = 22 × 3 × 75,000,000,001
900,000,000,012 is a composite number.
779,422,863,381/900,000,000,012 =
(779,422,863,381 ÷ 3) / (900,000,000,012 ÷ 3) =
259,807,621,127/300,000,000,004
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.
779,422,863,381/900,000,000,012 =
(3 × 41 × 587 × 10,795,181)/(22 × 3 × 75,000,000,001) =
((3 × 41 × 587 × 10,795,181) ÷ 3) / ((22 × 3 × 75,000,000,001) ÷ 3) =
(41 × 587 × 10,795,181)/(22 × 75,000,000,001) =
259,807,621,127/300,000,000,004
As a decimal number:
Simply divide the numerator by the denominator, without a remainder, as shown below:
259,807,621,127/300,000,000,004 =
259,807,621,127 ÷ 300,000,000,004 =
0.866025403745 ≈
0.87