What is 50/40 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 50/40 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 50/40 simplified to lowest terms is 5/4

50

/

40

=

5

/

4

5/4 is the simplified fraction of 50/40.

Since the numerator [50] is greater than the denominator [40] of the fraction (it's called an improper fraction), so we can convert it into a mixed fraction with a whole number:

5

/

4

=1

1

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 50/40 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 50/40 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [50] and denominator [40].

GCF of 50 and 40 is 10

And then divide both the numerator [50] and denominator [40] by the GCF [10].

50 ÷ 10

/

40 ÷ 10

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 50/40 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 50/40 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [50] and denominator [40].

Prime Factors of 50: 2,5,5

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:

2 × 5 × 5

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

=

5

/

4

Simplifying Fraction 50/40 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [50] and denominator [40] 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

/

40 ÷ 2

=

25

/

20

25 ÷ 5

/

20 ÷ 5

=

5

/

4

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
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
50/35	10/7
50/36	25/18
50/37	50/37
50/38	25/19
50/39	50/39
50/40	5/4
50/41	50/41
50/42	25/21
50/43	50/43
50/44	25/22
50/45	10/9
50/46	25/23
50/47	50/47
50/48	25/24
50/49	50/49
50/50	1/1
50/51	50/51
50/52	25/26
50/53	50/53
50/54	25/27

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