Question

What is 20/24 in simplest form?

Answer 1

We can divide the numerator and denominator by 4.

20 / 4 = 5
24 / 4 = 6

So we have 5/6.

Answer 2

$\frac { 20 }{ 24 } \\ \\ =\frac { 4 }{ 4 } \cdot \frac { 5 }{ 6 } \\ \\ =1\cdot \frac { 5 }{ 6 } \\ \\ =\frac { 5 }{ 6 }$