What is 0.60255 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.60255 as a fraction equals 60255/100000 or 12051/20000

Here is the solution for converting 0.60255 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.60255 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!

0.60255/1

  =  

0.60255 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

60255/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 60255 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 60255 are: 1  3  5  9  13  15  39  45  65  103  117  195  309  515  585  927  1339  1545  4017  4635  6695  12051  20085  60255 
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 60255 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.

60255/100000

  =  

60255 ÷ 5/100000 ÷ 5

  =  

12051/20000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.60255 as a fraction.