What is 1.44504 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.44504 as a fraction equals 144504/100000 or 18063/12500

Here is the solution for converting 1.44504 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.44504 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!

1.44504/1

  =  

1.44504 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

144504/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 144504 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 144504 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  9  12  18  24  27  36  54  72  81  108  162  216  223  324  446  648  669  892  1338  1784  2007  2676  4014  5352  6021  8028  12042  16056  18063  24084  36126  48168  72252  144504 
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 144504 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

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.

144504/100000

  =  

144504 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

18063/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.44504 as a fraction.