What is 1.72056 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.72056 as a fraction equals 172056/100000 or 21507/12500

Here is the solution for converting 1.72056 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.72056 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!

1.72056/1

  =  

1.72056 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

172056/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 172056 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 172056 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  24  67  107  134  201  214  268  321  402  428  536  642  804  856  1284  1608  2568  7169  14338  21507  28676  43014  57352  86028  172056 
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 172056 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.

172056/100000

  =  

172056 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

21507/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.72056 as a fraction.