What is 0.85632 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.85632 as a fraction equals 85632/100000 or 2676/3125

Here is the solution for converting 0.85632 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.85632 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!

0.85632/1

  =  

0.85632 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

85632/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 85632 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 85632 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  24  32  48  64  96  128  192  223  384  446  669  892  1338  1784  2676  3568  5352  7136  10704  14272  21408  28544  42816  85632 
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 85632 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.

85632/100000

  =  

85632 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

2676/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.85632 as a fraction.