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Reduce and simplify fractions to simplest form. Convert an improper fraction to a mixed number. Calculator to simplify fractions and reduce fractions to lowest terms.
To simplify a fraction, divide the top and bottom by the highest number that can divide into both numbers exactly. Simplifying Fractions Simplifying (or reducing ) fractions means to make the fraction as simple as possible.
In mathematics, the simplest form refers to the most reduced or simplified representation of a fraction. It is when the numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1. A fraction written in the simplest form cannot be further reduced.
Simplifying fractions means reducing the fraction to its most reduced form whenever possible. We can say that a fraction is in its simplest form if both the numerator and the denominator have no common factors other than 1.
The Fraction Calculator will reduce a fraction to its simplest form. You can also add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions, as well as, convert to a decimal and work with mixed numbers and reciprocals. We also offer step by step solutions.
The calculator provided returns fraction inputs in both improper fraction form as well as mixed number form. In both cases, fractions are presented in their lowest forms by dividing both numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor.
A fraction is a value representing a part of a whole. The simplest form is also called the reduced form of fraction. For example, ¾ is the simplest form of a fraction that has a common factor equal to 1. But 2/4 is not the simplest form, because 2/4 can further be simplified and written as ½.