Reduce 5/16

Reduce 5/16

Here we will reduce the fraction 5/16 to its lowest form. That means that we will reduce 5/16 as much as we can while keeping its value intact.

In other words, we we will reduce 5/16 to its equivalent lowest form.

To do this, we first find the greatest common divisor of 5 and 16 which is 1.

Then, we divide both 5 and 16 by their greatest common divisor like so:

5/1 = 5
16/1 = 16

Therefore, 5/16 reduced as much as possible is:

5/16

NOTE: If the result was an improper fraction, then we also reduced it further by converting it to a mixed or whole number.

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