What is 0.38808 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.38808 as a fraction equals 38808/100000 or 4851/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.38808 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.38808 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!

0.38808/1

  =  

0.38808 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

38808/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 38808 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 38808 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  9  11  12  14  18  21  22  24  28  33  36  42  44  49  56  63  66  72  77  84  88  98  99  126  132  147  154  168  196  198  231  252  264  294  308  392  396  441  462  504  539  588  616  693  792  882  924  1078  1176  1386  1617  1764  1848  2156  2772  3234  3528  4312  4851  5544  6468  9702  12936  19404  38808 
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 38808 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.

38808/100000

  =  

38808 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

4851/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.38808 as a fraction.