What is 0.70496 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.70496 as a fraction equals 70496/100000 or 2203/3125

Here is the solution for converting 0.70496 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.70496 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!

0.70496/1

  =  

0.70496 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

70496/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 70496 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 70496 are: 1  2  4  8  16  32  2203  4406  8812  17624  35248  70496 
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 70496 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

70496/100000

  =  

70496 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

2203/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.70496 as a fraction.