What is 2.04795 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.04795 as a fraction equals 204795/100000 or 40959/20000

Here is the solution for converting 2.04795 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.04795 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!

2.04795/1

  =  

2.04795 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

204795/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 204795 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 204795 are: 1  3  5  9  15  27  37  41  45  111  123  135  185  205  333  369  555  615  999  1107  1517  1665  1845  4551  4995  5535  7585  13653  22755  40959  68265  204795 
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 204795 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 5

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.

204795/100000

  =  

204795 ÷ 5/100000 ÷ 5

  =  

40959/20000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.04795 as a fraction.