Reduce 40/49 to lowest terms
4049 is already in the simplest form. It can be written as 0.816327 in decimal form (rounded to 6 decimal places).
Steps to simplifying fractions
- Find the GCD (or HCF) of numerator and denominator
GCD of 40 and 49 is 1 - Divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCD
40 ÷ 149 ÷ 1 - Reduced fraction: 4049
Therefore, 40/49 simplified to lowest terms is 40/49.
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