Answers

499/500 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 0.998 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
   GCD of 499 and 500 is 1
2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
   499 ÷ 1/500 ÷ 1
3. Reduced fraction: 499/500
   Therefore, 499/500 simplified to lowest terms is 499/500.

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