Here we will show you step-by-step how to simplify 5/5 to the simplest form.
The key to solving this problem is to find the greatest common divisor of 5 and 5.
To find the greatest common divisor of 5 and 5, we list all of the factors of both numbers so we can compare the lists.
When we compared the factors of 5 (1, 5) and 5 (1, 5) we found that 5 is the largest factor that they have in common.
Since 5 is the largest common factor of 5 and 5, 5 is also the greatest common divisor of 5 and 5.
Now, we divide both the numerator and denominator in 5/5 by the greatest common divisor as follows:
Numerator: 5/5 = 1
Denominator: 5/5 = 1
Then, we put the numerator and denominator that we are left with back together to get 1/1.
1/1 is an improper fraction, which means we have to simplify further.
1 divided by 1 is 1, so the answer is:
1
The answer here happened to be a whole number, so you also could have simply divided 5 by 5 to get the same answer.
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