Question

Reduce the following fractions to simplest form:

$\frac{68}{264}$

Answer 1

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

$$\begin{gathered} \frac{68}{264}=\frac{68÷2}{264÷2}=\frac{34}{132} \\ =\frac{34÷2}{132÷2}=\frac{17}{66} \end{gathered}$$

Hence the simplest form of $\frac{68}{264}$ will be $\frac{17}{66}$ .