Question

16/100 in simplest form

Answer 1

4/25.

16/100 simplified once is 8/50

then it becomes 4/25

It can not be simplified any further

Answer 2

16/100 in simplest form:

First, to start finding the simplest form, we have to list the factors of both the numerator and denominator (16 and 100) and find the greatest common factor (GCF).

Factors of 16: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16
Factors of 100: 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 20, 25, 50, 100

Our common factors of 16 and 100 are 1, 2 and 4. Since we are looking for the greatest common factor, 4 is considered the greatest. The GCF is 4.

Second, now we can continue on to the last step and divide our numerator and denominator by the GCF we recently found which was 4.

$16 \div 4 = 4 \\ 100 \div 4 = 25$

Take our new numerator and denominator and rewrite it in fraction form, 4/25. It cannot be simplified down anymore.

Answer in fraction form: $\fbox { 4/25 }$
Answer in decimal form: $\fbox {0.16}$