What is 20/16 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 20/16 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 20/16 simplified to lowest terms is 5/4

20

/

16

=

5

/

4

5/4 is the simplified fraction of 20/16.

Since the numerator [20] is greater than the denominator [16] 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 20/16 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 20/16 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [20] and denominator [16].

GCF of 20 and 16 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [20] and denominator [16] by the GCF [4].

20 ÷ 4

/

16 ÷ 4

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 20/16 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 20/16 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [20] and denominator [16].

Prime Factors of 20: 2,2,5

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

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

2 × 2 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 2

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 20/16 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [20] and denominator [16] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

20 ÷ 2

/

16 ÷ 2

=

10

/

8

10 ÷ 2

/

8 ÷ 2

=

5

/

4

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
20/1	20/1
20/2	10/1
20/3	20/3
20/4	5/1
20/5	4/1
20/6	10/3
20/7	20/7
20/8	5/2
20/9	20/9
20/10	2/1
20/11	20/11
20/12	5/3
20/13	20/13
20/14	10/7
20/15	4/3
20/16	5/4
20/17	20/17
20/18	10/9
20/19	20/19
20/20	1/1
20/21	20/21
20/22	10/11
20/23	20/23
20/24	5/6 (⅚)
20/25	4/5 (⅘)
20/26	10/13
20/27	20/27
20/28	5/7
20/29	20/29
20/30	2/3 (⅔)

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20/16 Simplified