What is 0.50715 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.50715 as a fraction equals 50715/100000 or 10143/20000

Here is the solution for converting 0.50715 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.50715 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!

0.50715/1

  =  

0.50715 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

50715/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 50715 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 50715 are: 1  3  5  7  9  15  21  23  35  45  49  63  69  105  115  147  161  207  245  315  345  441  483  735  805  1035  1127  1449  2205  2415  3381  5635  7245  10143  16905  50715 
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 50715 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 5

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.

50715/100000

  =  

50715 ÷ 5/100000 ÷ 5

  =  

10143/20000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.50715 as a fraction.