What is 0.48276 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.48276 as a fraction equals 48276/100000 or 12069/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.48276 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.48276 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!

0.48276/1

  =  

0.48276 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

48276/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 48276 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 48276 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  27  36  54  81  108  149  162  298  324  447  596  894  1341  1788  2682  4023  5364  8046  12069  16092  24138  48276 
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 48276 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.

48276/100000

  =  

48276 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

12069/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.48276 as a fraction.