What is 24/42 in the simplest form?

What is the largest common factor of both 24 and 42?

24 is divisible (without remainder) by 4, 6, 8 and 24.  42 is divisible by 2, 21, 3, 14,  6, 7.  Your job is to identify the common factor found in each 24 and 42.

6 divides without remainder into both 24 and 42.  

Thus, you have     24        6*4
                               =  
                              42         6*7

Cancel the sixes.  This leaves you with 4/7, which cannot be reduced further.

Ithink you're supposed to multiply 12.50 which is how much he makes per hour and then multiply it by each number then add whats left togrther and there's your answer