Simplify the Fraction 16/36 and Find Its Highest Common Factor

Question

Simplify the following fraction and specify the highest common factor:

$\frac{16}{36}=$

00:00 Reduced the fraction to denominator - 4

00:03 Divide the fraction by the appropriate factor

00:06 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:11 Calculate the quotients

00:17 And this is the solution to the question

Let's look at the denominator of the fraction. We'll try to find a number that, when divided by 36, gives us a result of 9.

Therefore:

$\frac{16:4}{36:4}=\frac{4}{9}$

$\frac{4}{9}$ , 4