Reduce the fraction to the lowest term 437 /551 Method given above in image
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To reduce a fraction, divide both its numerator and denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF.
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf, hcf, gcd.
Integer numbers prime factorization:
437 = 19 × 23;
551 = 19 × 29;
Multiply all the common prime factors, by the lowest exponents (if any).
gcf, hcf, gcd (437; 551) = 19;
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), gcf, hcf, gcd
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common factor.
437/551 =
(19 × 23)/(19 × 29) =
((19 × 23) ÷ 19) / ((19 × 29) ÷ 19) =
23/29
Rewrite the end result:
As a decimal number:
23/29 =
23 ÷ 29 =
0.793103448276 ≈
0.79
As a percentage:
0.793103448276 =
0.793103448276 × 100/100 =
79.310344827586/100 =
79.310344827586% ≈
79.31%
Final answer:
:: written in three ways ::
As a proper fraction
(numerator smaller than denominator):
437/551 = 23/29
As a decimal number:
437/551 ≈ 0.79
As a percentage:
437/551 ≈ 79.31%