What is 0.46452 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.46452 as a fraction equals 46452/100000 or 11613/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.46452 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.46452 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!

0.46452/1

  =  

0.46452 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

46452/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 46452 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 46452 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  12  14  21  28  42  49  79  84  98  147  158  196  237  294  316  474  553  588  948  1106  1659  2212  3318  3871  6636  7742  11613  15484  23226  46452 
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 46452 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.

46452/100000

  =  

46452 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

11613/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.46452 as a fraction.