What is 0.78975 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.78975 as a fraction equals 78975/100000 or 3159/4000

Here is the solution for converting 0.78975 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.78975 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!

0.78975/1

  =  

0.78975 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

78975/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 78975 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 78975 are: 1  3  5  9  13  15  25  27  39  45  65  75  81  117  135  195  225  243  325  351  405  585  675  975  1053  1215  1755  2025  2925  3159  5265  6075  8775  15795  26325  78975 
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 78975 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 25

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.

78975/100000

  =  

78975 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

3159/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.78975 as a fraction.