What is 8/4 Simplified to Simplest Form?

Simplifying Fraction 8/4 using GCF

The first way to simplify the fraction 8/4 is to use the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of our numerator [8] and denominator [4].

GCF of 8 and 4 is 4

And then divide both the numerator [8] and denominator [4] by the GCF [4].

8 ÷ 4

/

4 ÷ 4

=

2

/

1

Simplifying Fraction 8/4 using Prime Factors

Another method to reduce the fraction 8/4 to its simplest form is to use the Prime Factors of numerator [8] and denominator [4].

Prime Factors of 8: 2,2,2

Prime Factors of 4: 2,2

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

2 × 2 × 2

/

2 × 2

=

2

/

1

Simplifying Fraction 8/4 by Dividing by the Smallest Possible Number

In order to simplify our fraction we can start dividing both the numerator [8] and denominator [4] by the smallest possible number (2,3,4,5... and so on), and repeat this until it is impossible to divide without a reminder.

8 ÷ 2

/

4 ÷ 2

=

4

/

2

4 ÷ 2

/

2 ÷ 2

=

2

/

1

Related Calculations

Fraction Simplification Table

Fraction	Lowest Terms
8/1	8/1
8/2	4/1
8/3	8/3
8/4	2/1
8/5	8/5
8/6	4/3
8/7	8/7
8/8	1/1
8/9	8/9
8/10	4/5 (⅘)
8/11	8/11
8/12	2/3 (⅔)
8/13	8/13
8/14	4/7
8/15	8/15
8/16	1/2 (½)
8/17	8/17
8/18	4/9
8/19	8/19
8/20	2/5 (⅖)
8/21	8/21
8/22	4/11
8/23	8/23
8/24	1/3 (⅓)
8/25	8/25
8/26	4/13
8/27	8/27
8/28	2/7
8/29	8/29
8/30	4/15

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8/4 Simplified