{"id":245036,"date":"2025-07-05T15:43:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T15:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=245036"},"modified":"2025-07-05T15:43:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T15:43:22","slug":"which-of-the-fraction-is-in-its-1-point-simplest-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/05\/which-of-the-fraction-is-in-its-1-point-simplest-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the fraction is in its 1 point simplest form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the fraction is in its 1 point simplest form? * 13\/15 12\/15 8\/12<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0);color:#0693e3\" class=\"has-inline-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The fraction that is in its simplest form is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2705\u202f<strong>13\/15<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\uddee What Does \u201cSimplest Form\u201d Mean?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A fraction is in its simplest form when the numerator (top number) and the denominator (bottom number) have no common factors other than 1. In other words, the greatest common divisor (GCD) of the numerator and denominator must be 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s analyze each fraction:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1\ufe0f\u20e3 13\/15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Factors of 13: 1, 13 (13 is a prime number)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Factors of 15: 1, 3, 5, 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Common factor: only 1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2705 This fraction is already in its simplest form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2\ufe0f\u20e3 12\/15<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Factors of 12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Factors of 15: 1, 3, 5, 15<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GCD: 3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simplified form: 12 \u00f7 3 = 4, 15 \u00f7 3 = 5 \u2192 4\/5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u274c Not in simplest form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3\ufe0f\u20e3 8\/12<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Factors of 8: 1, 2, 4, 8<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Factors of 12: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>GCD: 4<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Simplified form: 8 \u00f7 4 = 2, 12 \u00f7 4 = 3 \u2192 2\/3<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u274c Not in simplest form.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">\ud83e\udde0 Why This Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Simplifying fractions is essential in mathematics because it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Makes calculations easier and more accurate.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Helps in comparing fractions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reveals proportional relationships more clearly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, if you\u2019re working with measurements, ratios, or probabilities, using the simplest form ensures clarity and avoids unnecessary complexity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, among the given options, only 13\/15 is already reduced to its lowest terms. The other two can be simplified further, which means they are not in their simplest form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/learnexams-banner5-577.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-245037\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the fraction is in its 1 point simplest form? * 13\/15 12\/15 8\/12 The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The fraction that is in its simplest form is: \u2705\u202f13\/15 \ud83e\uddee What Does \u201cSimplest Form\u201d Mean? A fraction is in its simplest form when the numerator (top number) and the denominator (bottom number) have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-245036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245036\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}