What is 1.13475 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.13475 as a fraction equals 113475/100000 or 4539/4000

Here is the solution for converting 1.13475 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.13475 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!

1.13475/1

  =  

1.13475 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

113475/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 113475 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 113475 are: 1  3  5  15  17  25  51  75  85  89  255  267  425  445  1275  1335  1513  2225  4539  6675  7565  22695  37825  113475 
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 113475 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.

113475/100000

  =  

113475 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

4539/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.13475 as a fraction.