What is 1.2936 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.2936 as a fraction equals 12936/10000 or 1617/1250

Here is the solution for converting 1.2936 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.2936 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!

1.2936/1

  =  

1.2936 x 10000/1 x 10000

  =  

12936/10000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 12936 and 10000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 12936 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  11  12  14  21  22  24  28  33  42  44  49  56  66  77  84  88  98  132  147  154  168  196  231  264  294  308  392  462  539  588  616  924  1078  1176  1617  1848  2156  3234  4312  6468  12936 
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 12936 and 10000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

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.

12936/10000

  =  

12936 ÷ 8/10000 ÷ 8

  =  

1617/1250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.2936 as a fraction.