What is 50/20 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 50/20 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 50/20 simplified to lowest terms is 5/2

50

/

20

=

5

/

2

5/2 is the simplified fraction of 50/20.

Since the numerator [50] is greater than the denominator [20] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

2

=2

1

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 50/20 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 50/20 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [50] and denominator [20].

GCF of 50 and 20 is 10

And then divide both the numerator [50] and denominator [20] by the GCF [10].

50 ÷ 10

/

20 ÷ 10

=

5

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 50/20 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 50/20 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [50] and denominator [20].

Prime Factors of 50: 2,5,5

Prime Factors of 20: 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 × 5 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 5

=

5

/

2

Simplifying Fraction 50/20 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [50] and denominator [20] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

50 ÷ 2

/

20 ÷ 2

=

25

/

10

25 ÷ 5

/

10 ÷ 5

=

5

/

2

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
50/5	10/1
50/6	25/3
50/7	50/7
50/8	25/4
50/9	50/9
50/10	5/1
50/11	50/11
50/12	25/6
50/13	50/13
50/14	25/7
50/15	10/3
50/16	25/8
50/17	50/17
50/18	25/9
50/19	50/19
50/20	5/2
50/21	50/21
50/22	25/11
50/23	50/23
50/24	25/12
50/25	2/1
50/26	25/13
50/27	50/27
50/28	25/14
50/29	50/29
50/30	5/3
50/31	50/31
50/32	25/16
50/33	50/33
50/34	25/17

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