What is 0.38472 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.38472 as a fraction equals 38472/100000 or 4809/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.38472 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.38472 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!

0.38472/1

  =  

0.38472 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

38472/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 38472 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 38472 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  12  14  21  24  28  42  56  84  168  229  458  687  916  1374  1603  1832  2748  3206  4809  5496  6412  9618  12824  19236  38472 
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 38472 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

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.

38472/100000

  =  

38472 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

4809/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.38472 as a fraction.