225/4 simplified

My goodness Chris you so look for the long way sometimes!

Just do it with an ordinary division. You get 56 with 1 left over 

That's    $$56\frac{1}{4}$$

or on a calculator

$${\frac{{\mathtt{225}}}{{\mathtt{4}}}} = {\mathtt{56.25}}$$

225/4 simplified

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Factoring 225, we have 5² * 3²

Factoring 4, we have 2²

So 225/4 =  [ 5² * 3² ] / [2² ]

Thus, this IS simplified........(nothing on "top"  and "bottom"  "cancels")

All we can do to "simpify" this is to express it as a mixed number..........56 + (1/4)