What is 1.86375 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.86375 as a fraction equals 186375/100000 or 1491/800

Here is the solution for converting 1.86375 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.86375 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!

1.86375/1

  =  

1.86375 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

186375/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 186375 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 186375 are: 1  3  5  7  15  21  25  35  71  75  105  125  175  213  355  375  497  525  875  1065  1491  1775  2485  2625  5325  7455  8875  12425  26625  37275  62125  186375 
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 186375 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 125

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.

186375/100000

  =  

186375 ÷ 125/100000 ÷ 125

  =  

1491/800

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.86375 as a fraction.