What is 1.73466 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.73466 as a fraction equals 173466/100000 or 86733/50000

Here is the solution for converting 1.73466 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.73466 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!

1.73466/1

  =  

1.73466 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

173466/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 173466 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 173466 are: 1  2  3  6  9  18  23  46  69  138  207  414  419  838  1257  2514  3771  7542  9637  19274  28911  57822  86733  173466 
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 173466 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 2

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.

173466/100000

  =  

173466 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

86733/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.73466 as a fraction.