What is 1.53552 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.53552 as a fraction equals 153552/100000 or 9597/6250

Here is the solution for converting 1.53552 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.53552 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!

1.53552/1

  =  

1.53552 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

153552/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 153552 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 153552 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  12  14  16  21  24  28  42  48  56  84  112  168  336  457  914  1371  1828  2742  3199  3656  5484  6398  7312  9597  10968  12796  19194  21936  25592  38388  51184  76776  153552 
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 153552 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 16

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.

153552/100000

  =  

153552 ÷ 16/100000 ÷ 16

  =  

9597/6250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.53552 as a fraction.