What is 56/120 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 56/120 Simplified?

Answer: Fraction 56/120 simplified to lowest terms is 7/15

56

/

120

=

7

/

15

7/15 is the simplified fraction of 56/120.

Simplifying Fraction 56/120 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 56/120 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [56] and denominator [120].

GCF of 56 and 120 is 8

And then divide both the numerator [56] and denominator [120] by the GCF [8].

56 ÷ 8

/

120 ÷ 8

=

7

/

15

Simplifying Fraction 56/120 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 56/120 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [56] and denominator [120].

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

Prime Factors of 120: 2,2,2,3,5

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

2 × 2 × 2 × 7

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 5

=

7

/

15

Simplifying Fraction 56/120 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [56] and denominator [120] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

56 ÷ 2

/

120 ÷ 2

=

28

/

60

28 ÷ 2

/

60 ÷ 2

=

14

/

30

14 ÷ 2

/

30 ÷ 2

=

7

/

15

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
56/105	8/15
56/106	28/53
56/107	56/107
56/108	14/27
56/109	56/109
56/110	28/55
56/111	56/111
56/112	1/2 (½)
56/113	56/113
56/114	28/57
56/115	56/115
56/116	14/29
56/117	56/117
56/118	28/59
56/119	8/17
56/120	7/15
56/121	56/121
56/122	28/61
56/123	56/123
56/124	14/31
56/125	56/125
56/126	4/9
56/127	56/127
56/128	7/16
56/129	56/129
56/130	28/65
56/131	56/131
56/132	14/33
56/133	8/19
56/134	28/67

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56/120 Simplified