What is 0.53268 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.53268 as a fraction equals 53268/100000 or 13317/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.53268 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.53268 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!

0.53268/1

  =  

0.53268 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

53268/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 53268 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 53268 are: 1  2  3  4  6  12  23  46  69  92  138  193  276  386  579  772  1158  2316  4439  8878  13317  17756  26634  53268 
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 53268 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.

53268/100000

  =  

53268 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

13317/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.53268 as a fraction.