What is 1.43936 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.43936 as a fraction equals 143936/100000 or 4498/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.43936 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.43936 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!

1.43936/1

  =  

1.43936 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

143936/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 143936 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 143936 are: 1  2  4  8  13  16  26  32  52  64  104  173  208  346  416  692  832  1384  2249  2768  4498  5536  8996  11072  17992  35984  71968  143936 
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 143936 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.

143936/100000

  =  

143936 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

4498/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.43936 as a fraction.