What is 0.53865 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.53865 as a fraction equals 53865/100000 or 10773/20000

Here is the solution for converting 0.53865 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.53865 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!

0.53865/1

  =  

0.53865 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

53865/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 53865 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 53865 are: 1  3  5  7  9  15  19  21  27  35  45  57  63  81  95  105  133  135  171  189  285  315  399  405  513  567  665  855  945  1197  1539  1995  2565  2835  3591  5985  7695  10773  17955  53865 
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 53865 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.

53865/100000

  =  

53865 ÷ 5/100000 ÷ 5

  =  

10773/20000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.53865 as a fraction.