What is 0.47278 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.47278 as a fraction equals 47278/100000 or 23639/50000

Here is the solution for converting 0.47278 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.47278 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!

0.47278/1

  =  

0.47278 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

47278/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 47278 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 47278 are: 1  2  7  11  14  22  77  154  307  614  2149  3377  4298  6754  23639  47278 
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 47278 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 2

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.

47278/100000

  =  

47278 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

23639/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.47278 as a fraction.