What is 1.36755 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 1.36755 into a fraction.

Answer: 1.36755 as a fraction equals 136755/100000 or 27351/20000

Here is the solution for converting 1.36755 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.36755 as  
1.36755/1

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!
1.36755/1
  =  
1.36755 x 100000/1 x 100000
  =  
136755/100000


Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 136755 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 136755 are: 1  3  5  9  15  27  45  135  1013  3039  5065  9117  15195  27351  45585  136755 
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 136755 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 5

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.
136755/100000
  =  
136755 ÷ 5/100000 ÷ 5
  =  
27351/20000


Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.36755 as a fraction.

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