What is 56/40 Simplified to Simplest Form?

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What is 56/40 Simplified?

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

56

/

40

=

7

/

5

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

Since the numerator [56] 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:

7

/

5

=1

2

/

5

Simplifying Fraction 56/40 using GCF

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

GCF of 56 and 40 is 8

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

56 ÷ 8

/

40 ÷ 8

=

7

/

5

Simplifying Fraction 56/40 using Prime Factors

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

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

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 × 2 × 2 × 7

/

2 × 2 × 2 × 5

=

7

/

5

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

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

56 ÷ 2

/

40 ÷ 2

=

28

/

20

28 ÷ 2

/

20 ÷ 2

=

14

/

10

14 ÷ 2

/

10 ÷ 2

=

7

/

5

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Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
56/25	56/25
56/26	28/13
56/27	56/27
56/28	2/1
56/29	56/29
56/30	28/15
56/31	56/31
56/32	7/4
56/33	56/33
56/34	28/17
56/35	8/5
56/36	14/9
56/37	56/37
56/38	28/19
56/39	56/39
56/40	7/5
56/41	56/41
56/42	4/3
56/43	56/43
56/44	14/11
56/45	56/45
56/46	28/23
56/47	56/47
56/48	7/6
56/49	8/7
56/50	28/25
56/51	56/51
56/52	14/13
56/53	56/53
56/54	28/27

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