40/17 Simplified
What is 40/17 Simplified?
The fraction 40/17 is already in the simplest form, so it isn't possible to reduce it any further - numerator 40 and denominator 17 have no common factors other than 1 (one)
Since the numerator [40] is greater than the denominator [17] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:
Simplifying Fraction 40/17 using GCF
The first way to simplify the fraction 40/17 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [40] and denominator [17].
GCF of 40 and 17 is 1
And then divide both the numerator [40] and denominator [17] by the GCF [1].
Simplifying Fraction 40/17 using Prime Factors
Another method to reduce the fraction 40/17 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [40] and denominator [17].
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:
Simplifying Fraction 40/17 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number
In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [40] and denominator [17] 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 (40/17) there is no possible numbers to divide our numerator and denominator.
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