How do you simplify 8 over 2?

Answer 1

Divide top and bottom by any common factor until the only common factor is 1:

8/2 = 8÷2/2÷2

= 4/1

But this can be further simplified as the denominator (bottom number) is 1, it is the same as the whole number of the numerator (top number):

4/1 = 4

Answer 2

2/8 is simplified to 1/4. This is done by dividing both numbers by the highest common factor, which in this case would be 2.