Reduce 5/40
Here we will reduce the fraction 5/40 to its lowest form. That means that we will reduce 5/40 as much as we can while keeping its value intact.
In other words, we we will reduce 5/40 to its equivalent lowest form.
To do this, we first find the greatest common divisor of 5 and 40 which is 5.
Then, we divide both 5 and 40 by their greatest common divisor like so:
5/5 = 1
40/5 = 8
Therefore, 5/40 reduced as much as possible is:
1/8
NOTE: If the result was an improper fraction, then we also reduced it further by converting it to a mixed or whole number.
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