What is 0.46284 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.46284 as a fraction equals 46284/100000 or 11571/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.46284 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.46284 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!

0.46284/1

  =  

0.46284 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

46284/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 46284 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 46284 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  12  14  19  21  28  29  38  42  57  58  76  84  87  114  116  133  174  203  228  266  348  399  406  532  551  609  798  812  1102  1218  1596  1653  2204  2436  3306  3857  6612  7714  11571  15428  23142  46284 
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 46284 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 4

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.

46284/100000

  =  

46284 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

11571/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.46284 as a fraction.