What is 1.40672 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.40672 as a fraction equals 140672/100000 or 4396/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.40672 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.40672 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!

1.40672/1

  =  

1.40672 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

140672/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 140672 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 140672 are: 1  2  4  7  8  14  16  28  32  56  64  112  128  157  224  314  448  628  896  1099  1256  2198  2512  4396  5024  8792  10048  17584  20096  35168  70336  140672 
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 140672 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.

140672/100000

  =  

140672 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

4396/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.40672 as a fraction.