What is 20/36 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 20/36 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 20/36 simplified to lowest terms is 5/9

20

/

36

=

5

/

9

5/9 is the simplified fraction of 20/36.

Simplifying Fraction 20/36 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 20/36 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [20] and denominator [36].

GCF of 20 and 36 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [20] and denominator [36] by the GCF [4].

20 ÷ 4

/

36 ÷ 4

=

5

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 20/36 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 20/36 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [20] and denominator [36].

Prime Factors of 20: 2,2,5

Prime Factors of 36: 2,2,3,3

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 × 3 × 3

=

5

/

9

Simplifying Fraction 20/36 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [20] and denominator [36] 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

/

36 ÷ 2

=

10

/

18

10 ÷ 2

/

18 ÷ 2

=

5

/

9

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
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)
20/31	20/31
20/32	5/8 (⅝)
20/33	20/33
20/34	10/17
20/35	4/7
20/36	5/9
20/37	20/37
20/38	10/19
20/39	20/39
20/40	1/2 (½)
20/41	20/41
20/42	10/21
20/43	20/43
20/44	5/11
20/45	4/9
20/46	10/23
20/47	20/47
20/48	5/12
20/49	20/49
20/50	2/5 (⅖)

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20/36 Simplified