What is 0.73472 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.73472 as a fraction equals 73472/100000 or 2296/3125

Here is the solution for converting 0.73472 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.73472 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!

0.73472/1

  =  

0.73472 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

73472/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 73472 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 73472 are: 1  2  4  7  8  14  16  28  32  41  56  64  82  112  128  164  224  256  287  328  448  574  656  896  1148  1312  1792  2296  2624  4592  5248  9184  10496  18368  36736  73472 
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 73472 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.

73472/100000

  =  

73472 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

2296/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.73472 as a fraction.