What is 1.83425 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.83425 as a fraction equals 183425/100000 or 7337/4000

Here is the solution for converting 1.83425 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.83425 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!

1.83425/1

  =  

1.83425 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

183425/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 183425 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 183425 are: 1  5  11  23  25  29  55  115  145  253  275  319  575  667  725  1265  1595  3335  6325  7337  7975  16675  36685  183425 
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 183425 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 25

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.

183425/100000

  =  

183425 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

7337/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.83425 as a fraction.