What is 36/40 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 36/40 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 36/40 simplified to lowest terms is 9/10

36

/

40

=

9

/

10

9/10 is the simplified fraction of 36/40.

Simplifying Fraction 36/40 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 36/40 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [36] and denominator [40].

GCF of 36 and 40 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [36] and denominator [40] by the GCF [4].

36 ÷ 4

/

40 ÷ 4

=

9

/

10

Simplifying Fraction 36/40 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 36/40 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [36] and denominator [40].

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

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 × 3 × 3

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

=

9

/

10

Simplifying Fraction 36/40 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

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

36 ÷ 2

/

40 ÷ 2

=

18

/

20

18 ÷ 2

/

20 ÷ 2

=

9

/

10

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
36/25	36/25
36/26	18/13
36/27	4/3
36/28	9/7
36/29	36/29
36/30	6/5
36/31	36/31
36/32	9/8
36/33	12/11
36/34	18/17
36/35	36/35
36/36	1/1
36/37	36/37
36/38	18/19
36/39	12/13
36/40	9/10
36/41	36/41
36/42	6/7
36/43	36/43
36/44	9/11
36/45	4/5 (⅘)
36/46	18/23
36/47	36/47
36/48	3/4 (¾)
36/49	36/49
36/50	18/25
36/51	12/17
36/52	9/13
36/53	36/53
36/54	2/3 (⅔)

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36/40 Simplified