What is 0.45136 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.45136 as a fraction equals 45136/100000 or 2821/6250

Here is the solution for converting 0.45136 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.45136 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!

0.45136/1

  =  

0.45136 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

45136/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 45136 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 45136 are: 1  2  4  7  8  13  14  16  26  28  31  52  56  62  91  104  112  124  182  208  217  248  364  403  434  496  728  806  868  1456  1612  1736  2821  3224  3472  5642  6448  11284  22568  45136 
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 45136 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.

45136/100000

  =  

45136 ÷ 16/100000 ÷ 16

  =  

2821/6250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.45136 as a fraction.