What is 240/840 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 240/840 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 240/840 simplified to lowest terms is 2/7

240

/

840

=

2

/

7

2/7 is the simplified fraction of 240/840.

Simplifying Fraction 240/840 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 240/840 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [240] and denominator [840].

GCF of 240 and 840 is 120

And then divide both the numerator [240] and denominator [840] by the GCF [120].

240 ÷ 120

/

840 ÷ 120

=

2

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 240/840 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 240/840 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [240] and denominator [840].

Prime Factors of 240: 2,2,2,2,3,5

Prime Factors of 840: 2,2,2,3,5,7

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 × 3 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5 × 7

=

2

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 240/840 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [240] and denominator [840] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.
240 ÷ 2
/
840 ÷ 2
=120
/
420
120 ÷ 2
/
420 ÷ 2
=60
/
210
60 ÷ 2
/
210 ÷ 2
=30
/
105
30 ÷ 3
/
105 ÷ 3
=10
/
35
10 ÷ 5
/
35 ÷ 5
=2
/
7

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
240/825	16/55
240/826	120/413
240/827	240/827
240/828	20/69
240/829	240/829
240/830	24/83
240/831	80/277
240/832	15/52
240/833	240/833
240/834	40/139
240/835	48/167
240/836	60/209
240/837	80/279
240/838	120/419
240/839	240/839
240/840	2/7
240/841	240/841
240/842	120/421
240/843	80/281
240/844	60/211
240/845	48/169
240/846	40/141
240/847	240/847
240/848	15/53
240/849	80/283
240/850	24/85
240/851	240/851
240/852	20/71
240/853	240/853
240/854	120/427

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240/840 Simplified