What is 1.71348 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.71348 as a fraction equals 171348/100000 or 42837/25000

Here is the solution for converting 1.71348 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.71348 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!

1.71348/1

  =  

1.71348 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

171348/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 171348 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 171348 are: 1  2  3  4  6  12  109  131  218  262  327  393  436  524  654  786  1308  1572  14279  28558  42837  57116  85674  171348 
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 171348 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 4

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.

171348/100000

  =  

171348 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

42837/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.71348 as a fraction.