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What is 16/64 in its lowest terms

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16/64 = 1/4 when you divide the numerator and denominator by 16.

16 ÷ 16 = 1
64 ÷ 16 4

Note that 16/16 is 1 and when you divide by one the number does not change. In fractions they may look different 16/64 does not look like 1/4, but they are worth the same. Getting 16 questions wrong on a test with 64 items means you got 1/4 of the test wrong.
User Yuriy Anisimov
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16 / 64

GCF = 16

16 ÷ 16
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64 ÷ 16

= 1 / 4.
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