Simplify the Fraction 20/50: Finding the Highest Common Factor

Question

Simplify the fraction below and specify the highest common factor:

$\frac{20}{50}$

00:00 Reduce the fraction to denominator 5

00:03 We'll reduce the fraction with the appropriate divisor so the denominator equals 5

00:06 Make sure to divide both numerator and denominator

00:10 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 50, gives us a result of 5:

$\frac{20:10}{50:10}=\frac{2}{5}$

$\frac{2}{5}$ , 10