Convert 8/56 into it's simplest form.

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Aurelie Weimann

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Hello

First you need to see if 8 goes into both numbers which it does.

8 goes into 8 once.

8 goes into 56 7 times.

Therefore the answer will be 1/7.

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1/7

This is the simplest form

John

8/56=1/7 56 divided by 8 = 7

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