Question

Which fraction expresses 24/40 in lowest terms?

A. 3/5
B. 2/5
C. 4/5
D. 15/36

Answer 1

Answer: A is your answer

Step-by-step explanation: you need to simplify 24/40 until u can’t any more which in this case it 3 times to get your answer

Answer 2

A. 3/5

Explanation:

To simplify a fraction, we need to find the Greatest Common Factor. The Greatest Common Factor is the highest number both the numerator and denominator can be divided by and still be a whole number. In our case the Greatest Common factor is 8. Now all we do is divide the numerator and denominator by 8 and get our simplified fraction. Image provided below of the "equation".