What is 1.79952 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.79952 as a fraction equals 179952/100000 or 11247/6250

Here is the solution for converting 1.79952 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.79952 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!

1.79952/1

  =  

1.79952 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

179952/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 179952 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 179952 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  23  24  46  48  69  92  138  163  184  276  326  368  489  552  652  978  1104  1304  1956  2608  3749  3912  7498  7824  11247  14996  22494  29992  44988  59984  89976  179952 
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 179952 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.

179952/100000

  =  

179952 ÷ 16/100000 ÷ 16

  =  

11247/6250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.79952 as a fraction.