What is 0.76248 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.76248 as a fraction equals 76248/100000 or 9531/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.76248 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.76248 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!

0.76248/1

  =  

0.76248 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

76248/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 76248 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 76248 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  9  12  18  24  27  36  54  72  108  216  353  706  1059  1412  2118  2824  3177  4236  6354  8472  9531  12708  19062  25416  38124  76248 
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 76248 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.

76248/100000

  =  

76248 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

9531/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.76248 as a fraction.