What is 1.82178 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.82178 as a fraction equals 182178/100000 or 91089/50000

Here is the solution for converting 1.82178 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.82178 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!

1.82178/1

  =  

1.82178 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

182178/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 182178 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 182178 are: 1  2  3  6  9  18  29  58  87  174  261  349  522  698  1047  2094  3141  6282  10121  20242  30363  60726  91089  182178 
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 182178 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.

182178/100000

  =  

182178 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

91089/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.82178 as a fraction.