Question

Explain how you can find the simplest form of 100/1000

Answer 1

You can find the simplest form by dividing both the numerator and denominator by the GCF (greatest common factor). 100 divides into 100 and 1,000 equally so that can be the GCF used to reduce the fraction into its simplest form.

$\frac{100/100}{1000/100}$

$\frac{1}{10}$

The simplest form is $\frac{1}{10}$.

Answer 2

When finding the simplest form of a fraction, think of the GCF, or greatest common factor between the two numbers (100 and 1000)

In this case, it would be 100 as the greatest number they are divisible by is 100.

Then, to reduce the fraction, divide the top and bottom number by the GCF.

100/1000=1/10

The simplest form is 1/10

Hope this helped :)