Calculate 8 : 20

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Question: simplify the ratio 8 to 20.

Simplify means: smaller numbers, the same ratio.

8 : 20

8 and 20 can both be divided by 4.

We divide every part by 4.

The ratio stays the same.

= 8 ÷ 4 : 20 ÷ 4

8 divided by 4 is 2.

20 divided by 4 is 5.

= 2 : 5

Nothing else divides all of them.

So the simplest ratio is 2 to 5.

Answer

= 2 : 5

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