12/20 Simplified

The first way to simplify the fraction 12/20 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [12] and denominator [20].

GCF of 12 and 20 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [12] and denominator [20] by the GCF [4].

Another method to reduce the fraction 12/20 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [12] and denominator [20].

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

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [12] and denominator [20] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

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