What is 2.31075 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.31075 as a fraction equals 231075/100000 or 9243/4000

Here is the solution for converting 2.31075 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.31075 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!

2.31075/1

  =  

2.31075 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

231075/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 231075 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 231075 are: 1  3  5  9  13  15  25  39  45  65  75  79  117  195  225  237  325  395  585  711  975  1027  1185  1975  2925  3081  3555  5135  5925  9243  15405  17775  25675  46215  77025  231075 
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 231075 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 25

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.

231075/100000

  =  

231075 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

9243/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.31075 as a fraction.