What is 1.40436 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.40436 as a fraction equals 140436/100000 or 35109/25000

Here is the solution for converting 1.40436 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.40436 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!

1.40436/1

  =  

1.40436 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

140436/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 140436 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 140436 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  36  47  83  94  141  166  188  249  282  332  423  498  564  747  846  996  1494  1692  2988  3901  7802  11703  15604  23406  35109  46812  70218  140436 
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 140436 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 4

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.

140436/100000

  =  

140436 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

35109/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.40436 as a fraction.