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Reduce -52/40 to lowest terms

The simplest form of -52/40 is -13/10.

Steps to simplifying fractions

  1. Find the GCD (or HCF) of the absolute values of both numerator and denominator
    GCD of 52 and 40 is 4
  2. Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
    -52 ÷ 4/40 ÷ 4
  3. Reduced fraction: -13/10
    Therefore, -52/40 simplified to lowest terms is -13/10.

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