What is 1.03168 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.03168 as a fraction equals 103168/100000 or 3224/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.03168 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.03168 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!

1.03168/1

  =  

1.03168 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

103168/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 103168 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 103168 are: 1  2  4  8  13  16  26  31  32  52  62  64  104  124  128  208  248  256  403  416  496  806  832  992  1612  1664  1984  3224  3328  3968  6448  7936  12896  25792  51584  103168 
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 103168 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.

103168/100000

  =  

103168 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

3224/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.03168 as a fraction.