What is 40/68 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 40/68 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 40/68 simplified to lowest terms is 10/17

40

/

68

=

10

/

17

10/17 is the simplified fraction of 40/68.

Simplifying Fraction 40/68 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 40/68 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [40] and denominator [68].

GCF of 40 and 68 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [40] and denominator [68] by the GCF [4].

40 ÷ 4

/

68 ÷ 4

=

10

/

17

Simplifying Fraction 40/68 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 40/68 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [40] and denominator [68].

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

Prime Factors of 68: 2,2,17

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 × 17

=

10

/

17

Simplifying Fraction 40/68 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [40] and denominator [68] 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

/

68 ÷ 2

=

20

/

34

20 ÷ 2

/

34 ÷ 2

=

10

/

17

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
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
40/71	40/71
40/72	5/9
40/73	40/73
40/74	20/37
40/75	8/15
40/76	10/19
40/77	40/77
40/78	20/39
40/79	40/79
40/80	1/2 (½)
40/81	40/81
40/82	20/41

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40/68 Simplified