What is 1.53888 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.53888 as a fraction equals 153888/100000 or 4809/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.53888 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.53888 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!

1.53888/1

  =  

1.53888 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

153888/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 153888 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 153888 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  12  14  16  21  24  28  32  42  48  56  84  96  112  168  224  229  336  458  672  687  916  1374  1603  1832  2748  3206  3664  4809  5496  6412  7328  9618  10992  12824  19236  21984  25648  38472  51296  76944  153888 
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 153888 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.

153888/100000

  =  

153888 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

4809/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.53888 as a fraction.