How do you reduce #16/48#?

1 Answer
Jan 28, 2017

Find numbers that divide denominator and numerator.

Explanation:

Find a number that divides both 16 and 48, for example 8. #16÷8=2# and #48÷8=6# so the fraction becomes #2/6# you can further reduce this but dividing top and bottom again by 2, this then turns into #1/3#