What is 0.64236 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.64236 as a fraction equals 64236/100000 or 16059/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.64236 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.64236 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!

0.64236/1

  =  

0.64236 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

64236/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 64236 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 64236 are: 1  2  3  4  6  12  53  101  106  159  202  212  303  318  404  606  636  1212  5353  10706  16059  21412  32118  64236 
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 64236 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.

64236/100000

  =  

64236 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

16059/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.64236 as a fraction.