What is 0.96744 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.96744 as a fraction equals 96744/100000 or 12093/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.96744 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.96744 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!

0.96744/1

  =  

0.96744 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

96744/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 96744 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 96744 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  24  29  58  87  116  139  174  232  278  348  417  556  696  834  1112  1668  3336  4031  8062  12093  16124  24186  32248  48372  96744 
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 96744 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.

96744/100000

  =  

96744 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

12093/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.96744 as a fraction.