What is 0.58044 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.58044 as a fraction equals 58044/100000 or 14511/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.58044 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.58044 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!

0.58044/1

  =  

0.58044 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

58044/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 58044 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 58044 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  12  14  21  28  42  84  691  1382  2073  2764  4146  4837  8292  9674  14511  19348  29022  58044 
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 58044 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.

58044/100000

  =  

58044 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

14511/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.58044 as a fraction.