What is 0.12336 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.12336 as a fraction equals 12336/100000 or 771/6250

Here is the solution for converting 0.12336 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.12336 as  

Step 2:

Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit after the decimal point. Remember the numerator is the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the bottom part!

0.12336/1

  =  

0.12336 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

12336/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 12336 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 12336 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  24  48  257  514  771  1028  1542  2056  3084  4112  6168  12336 
The factors of 100000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  32  40  50  80  100  125  160  200  250  400  500  625  800  1000  1250  2000  2500  3125  4000  5000  6250  10000  12500  20000  25000  50000  100000 
So for 12336 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 16

Step 4:

For the last step we reduce the fraction. This just means writing the fraction in the simplest way. To do this we divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCF value we determined in step 3.

12336/100000

  =  

12336 ÷ 16/100000 ÷ 16

  =  

771/6250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.12336 as a fraction.