What is 1.38592 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.38592 as a fraction equals 138592/100000 or 4331/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.38592 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.38592 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!

1.38592/1

  =  

1.38592 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

138592/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 138592 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 138592 are: 1  2  4  8  16  32  61  71  122  142  244  284  488  568  976  1136  1952  2272  4331  8662  17324  34648  69296  138592 
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 138592 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

138592/100000

  =  

138592 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

4331/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.38592 as a fraction.