Calculate the Fraction: Dividing 5 by 15 Step-by-Step

Let's write the division exercise:

$5:15$

Now let's write it in the form of a simple fraction, remembering that the numerator is on top and the denominator is on the bottom:

$\frac{5}{15}$

We'll divide both the numerator and denominator by a number that divides into both of them, in this case, the number is 5:

$\frac{5:5}{15:5}=\frac{1}{3}$