What is 0.62604 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.62604 as a fraction equals 62604/100000 or 15651/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.62604 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.62604 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!

0.62604/1

  =  

0.62604 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

62604/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 62604 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 62604 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  36  37  47  74  94  111  141  148  188  222  282  333  423  444  564  666  846  1332  1692  1739  3478  5217  6956  10434  15651  20868  31302  62604 
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 62604 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.

62604/100000

  =  

62604 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

15651/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.62604 as a fraction.