What is 0.3936 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.3936 as a fraction equals 3936/10000 or 246/625

Here is the solution for converting 0.3936 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.3936 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!

0.3936/1

  =  

0.3936 x 10000/1 x 10000

  =  

3936/10000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 3936 and 10000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 3936 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  24  32  41  48  82  96  123  164  246  328  492  656  984  1312  1968  3936 
The factors of 10000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  40  50  80  100  125  200  250  400  500  625  1000  1250  2000  2500  5000  10000 
So for 3936 and 10000 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.

3936/10000

  =  

3936 ÷ 16/10000 ÷ 16

  =  

246/625

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.3936 as a fraction.