What is 40/56 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 40/56 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 40/56 simplified to lowest terms is 5/7

40

/

56

=

5

/

7

5/7 is the simplified fraction of 40/56.

Simplifying Fraction 40/56 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 40/56 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [40] and denominator [56].

GCF of 40 and 56 is 8

And then divide both the numerator [40] and denominator [56] by the GCF [8].

40 ÷ 8

/

56 ÷ 8

=

5

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 40/56 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 40/56 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [40] and denominator [56].

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

Prime Factors of 56: 2,2,2,7

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

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 7

=

5

/

7

Simplifying Fraction 40/56 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [40] and denominator [56] 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

/

56 ÷ 2

=

20

/

28

20 ÷ 2

/

28 ÷ 2

=

10

/

14

10 ÷ 2

/

14 ÷ 2

=

5

/

7

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
40/41	40/41
40/42	20/21
40/43	40/43
40/44	10/11
40/45	8/9
40/46	20/23
40/47	40/47
40/48	5/6 (⅚)
40/49	40/49
40/50	4/5 (⅘)
40/51	40/51
40/52	10/13
40/53	40/53
40/54	20/27
40/55	8/11
40/56	5/7
40/57	40/57
40/58	20/29
40/59	40/59
40/60	2/3 (⅔)
40/61	40/61
40/62	20/31
40/63	40/63
40/64	5/8 (⅝)
40/65	8/13
40/66	20/33
40/67	40/67
40/68	10/17
40/69	40/69
40/70	4/7

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40/56 Simplified