What is 16/40 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 16/40 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 16/40 simplified to lowest terms is 2/5 (⅖)

16

/

40

=

2

/

5

2/5 (⅖) is the simplified fraction of 16/40.

Simplifying Fraction 16/40 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 16/40 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [16] and denominator [40].

GCF of 16 and 40 is 8

And then divide both the numerator [16] and denominator [40] by the GCF [8].

16 ÷ 8

/

40 ÷ 8

=

2

/

5

Simplifying Fraction 16/40 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 16/40 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [16] and denominator [40].

Prime Factors of 16: 2,2,2,2

Prime Factors of 40: 2,2,2,5

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

2 × 2 × 2 × 2

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

=

2

/

5

Simplifying Fraction 16/40 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [16] and denominator [40] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

16 ÷ 2

/

40 ÷ 2

=

8

/

20

8 ÷ 2

/

20 ÷ 2

=

4

/

10

4 ÷ 2

/

10 ÷ 2

=

2

/

5

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
16/25	16/25
16/26	8/13
16/27	16/27
16/28	4/7
16/29	16/29
16/30	8/15
16/31	16/31
16/32	1/2 (½)
16/33	16/33
16/34	8/17
16/35	16/35
16/36	4/9
16/37	16/37
16/38	8/19
16/39	16/39
16/40	2/5 (⅖)
16/41	16/41
16/42	8/21
16/43	16/43
16/44	4/11
16/45	16/45
16/46	8/23
16/47	16/47
16/48	1/3 (⅓)
16/49	16/49
16/50	8/25
16/51	16/51
16/52	4/13
16/53	16/53
16/54	8/27

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Simplifying a fraction, (e.g. 16/40) means reducing it to its simplest form. A fraction is considered simplified if its numerator and denominator have no common factors other than 1 (one).

16/40 Simplified