To express 56 as a fraction in simplest form, you can start by recognizing that any whole number can be written as a fraction by placing it over 1. Therefore, you can write 56 as:
56 = 56/1
Since 56 is already an integer and doesn’t have any fractional part, this is a valid fraction. To check if it’s in its simplest form, we need to see if the numerator and the denominator have any common factors other than 1.
The prime factorization of 56 is:
56 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 7
The denominator 1 does not have any prime factors (its only factor is itself). Hence, there are no common factors between the numerator and the denominator.
As a result, the fraction 56/1 is indeed in its simplest form.