36/100 simplified in simple form

Hello from MrBillDoesMath!

Answer: 9/25

Discussion:

My first observation is that both 36 and 100 are even numbers, so let's divide each by 2.

36/100 = 18/50

Again, 18 and 50 are even numbers so let's divided each by 2

= 18/50 = 9/25

While I didn't write it out, my statement "divide them by 2" is really this:

36/100 = (36/2) / (100/2) = (18) / 50 = (18/2) / (50/2) = 9/25

Confusing, isn't it!

A shorter, but equivalent, approach is to divide the numerator and denominator by 4.

Regards, MrB.