Question

What is the ratio 12 to 63 written as a fraction in lowest terms?

Answer 1

@DanJS

Answer 2

@563blackghost

Answer 3

@jabez177

Answer 4

\[\frac{ 12 }{ 63 }\]

Answer 5

What can go into 12 and 63?

Basically what times what equals 12 and 63?

Answer 6

put them into prime factors

Answer 7

9 is a good factor so:

\[12\div9=?\]

Answer 8

it equals 1.3

Answer 9

I think 3

Answer 10

I meant 6 12 divided by 6

Answer 11

\[12\div6\]

Answer 12

factors
\[\large\frac{ 2^2*3 }{ 7*3^2 }\]

top and bottom have one 3 in common, take those out of both
(2^2) / (7*3)

Answer 13

it equals 2

Answer 14

4 / 21

Answer 15

Hold up. Never mind me. I messed up.

Answer 16

Its ok Steven But I was Right 12/6=2

Answer 17

\[12\div3=?\]

Answer 18

4 @jabez177

Answer 19

\[\frac{ 12 }{ 63 }=\frac{ 2*2*3 }{ 7*3*3 }\]

both have one 3 in common

Answer 20

Now what you do to the top, you have to do to the bottom.

\[63\div3=?\]

Answer 21

leaves \[\frac{ 2*2 }{ 7*3 } = \frac{ 4 }{ 21 }\]

Answer 22

21 @jabez177

Answer 23

Can \[\frac{ 4 }{ 21 }\] be simplified further?

Answer 24

no

Answer 25

or you can guess and count up factors to see if they work like that, but if you get some weird numbers , like a 4 digit prime number *13 or something, it gets harder

Answer 26

Thanks @DanJS and @jabez177 Ya'll both helped a lot and if you guys don't mind can you help me with some more problems but you dont have to

Answer 27

sure i have a few min, post another