20/39 Simplified
What is 20/39 Simplified?
The fraction 20/39 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 20 and denominator 39 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Simplifying Fraction 20/39 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 20/39 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [20] and denominator [39].
GCF of 20 and 39 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [20] and denominator [39] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 20/39 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 20/39 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [20] and denominator [39].
Prime Factors of 20: 2,2,5
Prime Factors of 39: 3,13
Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:
Simplifying Fraction 20/39 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [20] and denominator [39] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.
In our case (20/39) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.