Reduce Ratio 7:42

Here we will reduce the ratio 7:42 as much as possible. In other words, we will make the numbers 7 and 42 as low as they can be while still keeping the same ratio between the two numbers.

To do this we find the largest number that both 7 and 42 can be divided by. Then we divide both 7 and 42 by that number to get the new reduced ratio.

The largest number 7 and 42 can be divided by is 7. When we divide both numbers by 7, we get the new reduced ratio as follows:

1:6

To summarize, the ratio 7:42 reduced as much as possible is 1:6. You could also say that the ratio 7:42 equals 1:6.

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