What is 1.83616 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.83616 as a fraction equals 183616/100000 or 5738/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.83616 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.83616 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!

1.83616/1

  =  

1.83616 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

183616/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 183616 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 183616 are: 1  2  4  8  16  19  32  38  64  76  151  152  302  304  604  608  1208  1216  2416  2869  4832  5738  9664  11476  22952  45904  91808  183616 
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 183616 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

183616/100000

  =  

183616 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

5738/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.83616 as a fraction.