Simplest form of Fractions
A fraction is said to be in the simplest form if its numerator and denominator have no factor in common except 1.
1 11 37 47
Example. -------, ---------, -------, ------- are some
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fractions in the simplest form.
4 11 28 20
--------, --------, --------, -------- are some fractions
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which are not in the simplest form.
A fraction can be reduced to its simplest form just by canceling out the common factors in the numerator and the denominator. For better understanding there are some example are given below –
4 1
-------- = --------
24 6