What is 1.81836 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.81836 as a fraction equals 181836/100000 or 45459/25000

Here is the solution for converting 1.81836 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.81836 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!

1.81836/1

  =  

1.81836 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

181836/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 181836 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 181836 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  36  5051  10102  15153  20204  30306  45459  60612  90918  181836 
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 181836 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.

181836/100000

  =  

181836 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

45459/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.81836 as a fraction.