Answers

5/3 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 1.666667 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).

Steps to simplifying fractions

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

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