What is 0.72504 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.72504 as a fraction equals 72504/100000 or 9063/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.72504 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.72504 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!

0.72504/1

  =  

0.72504 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

72504/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 72504 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 72504 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  9  12  18  19  24  36  38  53  57  72  76  106  114  152  159  171  212  228  318  342  424  456  477  636  684  954  1007  1272  1368  1908  2014  3021  3816  4028  6042  8056  9063  12084  18126  24168  36252  72504 
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 72504 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.

72504/100000

  =  

72504 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

9063/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.72504 as a fraction.