What is 1.24425 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.24425 as a fraction equals 124425/100000 or 4977/4000

Here is the solution for converting 1.24425 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.24425 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!

1.24425/1

  =  

1.24425 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

124425/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 124425 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 124425 are: 1  3  5  7  9  15  21  25  35  45  63  75  79  105  175  225  237  315  395  525  553  711  1185  1575  1659  1975  2765  3555  4977  5925  8295  13825  17775  24885  41475  124425 
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 124425 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.

124425/100000

  =  

124425 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

4977/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.24425 as a fraction.