Simplify the Fraction 20/40: Finding the Simplification Factor

Question

Simplify the fraction below and specify the simplification factor:

$\frac{20}{40}=$

00:00 Reduce the fraction to denominator 10

00:03 We'll reduce the fraction with the appropriate divisor so the denominator equals 10

00:07 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:11 Calculate the quotients

00:16 And this is the solution to the question

Let's look at the denominator of the fraction. We'll try to find a number that, when divided by 40, gives us a result of 10.

Therefore:

$\frac{20:4}{40:4}=\frac{5}{10}$

$\frac{5}{10}$ , factor of 4