Question

Reduce the following fractions to simplest form:

$\frac{16}{112}$

Answer 1

To reduce a fraction to its simplest form, we divide both numerator and denominator by their GCF.

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{16}{112}=\frac{16÷2}{112÷2}=\frac{8}{56} \\ =\frac{8÷8}{56÷8}=\frac{1}{7} \end{gathered}$$

Hence the simplest form of $\frac{16}{112}$ will be $\frac{1}{7}$