Simplify the Fraction 16/36 and Find Its Highest Common Factor

Question

Simplify the following fraction and specify the highest common factor:

$\frac{16}{36}=$

Let's look at the denominator of the fraction. We'll try to find a number that, when divided by 36, gives us a result of 9.

Therefore:

$\frac{16:4}{36:4}=\frac{4}{9}$

$\frac{4}{9}$ , 4