What is 2.03684 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.03684 as a fraction equals 203684/100000 or 50921/25000

Here is the solution for converting 2.03684 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.03684 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!

2.03684/1

  =  

2.03684 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

203684/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 203684 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 203684 are: 1  2  4  13  26  52  3917  7834  15668  50921  101842  203684 
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 203684 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.

203684/100000

  =  

203684 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

50921/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.03684 as a fraction.