What is 1.02784 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.02784 as a fraction equals 102784/100000 or 3212/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.02784 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.02784 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!

1.02784/1

  =  

1.02784 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

102784/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 102784 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 102784 are: 1  2  4  8  11  16  22  32  44  64  73  88  128  146  176  292  352  584  704  803  1168  1408  1606  2336  3212  4672  6424  9344  12848  25696  51392  102784 
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 102784 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.

102784/100000

  =  

102784 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

3212/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.02784 as a fraction.