What is 1.15625 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.15625 as a fraction equals 115625/100000 or 37/32

Here is the solution for converting 1.15625 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.15625 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!

1.15625/1

  =  

1.15625 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

115625/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 115625 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 115625 are: 1  5  25  37  125  185  625  925  3125  4625  23125  115625 
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 115625 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 3125

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.

115625/100000

  =  

115625 ÷ 3125/100000 ÷ 3125

  =  

37/32

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.15625 as a fraction.