What is 1.1718 as a fraction?

Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways including percentages, decimals, and fractions. The ability to convert any number from one format to another is an important math skill to have. These skills are typically thought in fifth grade math and require an understanding of place values and Greatest Common Factor (GCF).

In this article, we teach those skills step by step while demonstrating how to convert decimal 1.1718 into a fraction.

Answer: 1.1718 as a fraction equals 11718/10000 or 5859/5000

Here is the solution for converting 1.1718 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.1718 as  
1.1718/1

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!
1.1718/1
  =  
1.1718 x 10000/1 x 10000
  =  
11718/10000


Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 11718 and 10000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 11718 are: 1  2  3  6  7  9  14  18  21  27  31  42  54  62  63  93  126  186  189  217  279  378  434  558  651  837  1302  1674  1953  3906  5859  11718 
The factors of 10000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  40  50  80  100  125  200  250  400  500  625  1000  1250  2000  2500  5000  10000 
So for 11718 and 10000 that gives us a GCF value of: 2

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.
11718/10000
  =  
11718 ÷ 2/10000 ÷ 2
  =  
5859/5000


Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.1718 as a fraction.

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