What is 2.0538 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.0538 as a fraction equals 20538/10000 or 10269/5000

Here is the solution for converting 2.0538 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.0538 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!

2.0538/1

  =  

2.0538 x 10000/1 x 10000

  =  

20538/10000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 20538 and 10000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 20538 are: 1  2  3  6  7  9  14  18  21  42  63  126  163  326  489  978  1141  1467  2282  2934  3423  6846  10269  20538 
The factors of 10000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  40  50  80  100  125  200  250  400  500  625  1000  1250  2000  2500  5000  10000 
So for 20538 and 10000 that gives us a GCF value of: 2

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.

20538/10000

  =  

20538 ÷ 2/10000 ÷ 2

  =  

10269/5000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.0538 as a fraction.