What is 0.59736 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.59736 as a fraction equals 59736/100000 or 7467/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.59736 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.59736 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!

0.59736/1

  =  

0.59736 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

59736/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 59736 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 59736 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  19  24  38  57  76  114  131  152  228  262  393  456  524  786  1048  1572  2489  3144  4978  7467  9956  14934  19912  29868  59736 
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 59736 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

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.

59736/100000

  =  

59736 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

7467/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.59736 as a fraction.