What is 40/208 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 40/208 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 40/208 simplified to lowest terms is 5/26

40

/

208

=

5

/

26

5/26 is the simplified fraction of 40/208.

Simplifying Fraction 40/208 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 40/208 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [40] and denominator [208].

GCF of 40 and 208 is 8

And then divide both the numerator [40] and denominator [208] by the GCF [8].

40 ÷ 8

/

208 ÷ 8

=

5

/

26

Simplifying Fraction 40/208 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 40/208 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [40] and denominator [208].

Prime Factors of 40: 2,2,2,5

Prime Factors of 208: 2,2,2,2,13

Now we can write down a new fraction expressed by its Prime Factors and cancel common factors in numerator and denominator:

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 13

=

5

/

26

Simplifying Fraction 40/208 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [40] and denominator [208] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

40 ÷ 2

/

208 ÷ 2

=

20

/

104

20 ÷ 2

/

104 ÷ 2

=

10

/

52

10 ÷ 2

/

52 ÷ 2

=

5

/

26

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
40/193	40/193
40/194	20/97
40/195	8/39
40/196	10/49
40/197	40/197
40/198	20/99
40/199	40/199
40/200	1/5 (⅕)
40/201	40/201
40/202	20/101
40/203	40/203
40/204	10/51
40/205	8/41
40/206	20/103
40/207	40/207
40/208	5/26
40/209	40/209
40/210	4/21
40/211	40/211
40/212	10/53
40/213	40/213
40/214	20/107
40/215	8/43
40/216	5/27
40/217	40/217
40/218	20/109
40/219	40/219
40/220	2/11
40/221	40/221
40/222	20/111

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40/208 Simplified