What is 10/8 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 10/8 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 10/8 simplified to lowest terms is 5/4

10

/

8

=

5

/

4

5/4 is the simplified fraction of 10/8.

Since the numerator [10] is greater than the denominator [8] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

4

=1

1

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 10/8 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 10/8 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [10] and denominator [8].

GCF of 10 and 8 is 2

And then divide both the numerator [10] and denominator [8] by the GCF [2].

10 ÷ 2

/

8 ÷ 2

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 10/8 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 10/8 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [10] and denominator [8].

Prime Factors of 10: 2,5

Prime Factors of 8: 2,2,2

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

2 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 10/8 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [10] and denominator [8] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

10 ÷ 2

/

8 ÷ 2

=

5

/

4

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
10/1	10/1
10/2	5/1
10/3	10/3
10/4	5/2
10/5	2/1
10/6	5/3
10/7	10/7
10/8	5/4
10/9	10/9
10/10	1/1
10/11	10/11
10/12	5/6 (⅚)
10/13	10/13
10/14	5/7
10/15	2/3 (⅔)
10/16	5/8 (⅝)
10/17	10/17
10/18	5/9
10/19	10/19
10/20	1/2 (½)
10/21	10/21
10/22	5/11
10/23	10/23
10/24	5/12
10/25	2/5 (⅖)
10/26	5/13
10/27	10/27
10/28	5/14
10/29	10/29
10/30	1/3 (⅓)

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10/8 Simplified