Question

Reduce the following fractions into their simplest forms.

$\frac{512}{1024}$

Answer 1

Finding the simplest form of the fraction:

Simplest form of the fraction can be obtain by dividing both the numerator and the denominator with their HCF

HCF of $512$and $1024$ is $512$

So,

$$\begin{gathered} =\frac{512}{1024} \\ =\frac{512÷512}{1024÷512}(\mathrm{dividing}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{numerator}\mathrm{and}\mathrm{the}\mathrm{denominator}\mathrm{by}\mathrm{their}\mathrm{HCF}) \\ =\frac{1}{2} \end{gathered}$$

Therefore the simplest form of the fraction is $\frac{1}{2}$