What is 0.50336 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.50336 as a fraction equals 50336/100000 or 1573/3125

Here is the solution for converting 0.50336 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.50336 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!

0.50336/1

  =  

0.50336 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

50336/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 50336 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 50336 are: 1  2  4  8  11  13  16  22  26  32  44  52  88  104  121  143  176  208  242  286  352  416  484  572  968  1144  1573  1936  2288  3146  3872  4576  6292  12584  25168  50336 
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 50336 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

50336/100000

  =  

50336 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

1573/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.50336 as a fraction.