What is 0.42075 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.42075 as a fraction equals 42075/100000 or 1683/4000

Here is the solution for converting 0.42075 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.42075 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!

0.42075/1

  =  

0.42075 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

42075/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 42075 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 42075 are: 1  3  5  9  11  15  17  25  33  45  51  55  75  85  99  153  165  187  225  255  275  425  495  561  765  825  935  1275  1683  2475  2805  3825  4675  8415  14025  42075 
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 42075 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 25

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.

42075/100000

  =  

42075 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

1683/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.42075 as a fraction.