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Reduce -30/72 to lowest terms

The simplest form of -30/72 is -5/12.

Steps to simplifying fractions

  1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of the absolute values of both numerator and denominator
    GCD of 30 and 72 is 6
  2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
    -30 ÷ 6/72 ÷ 6
  3. Reduced fraction: -5/12
    Therefore, -30/72 simplified to lowest terms is -5/12.

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