What is 2.55375 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.55375 as a fraction equals 255375/100000 or 2043/800

Here is the solution for converting 2.55375 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.55375 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!

2.55375/1

  =  

2.55375 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

255375/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 255375 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 255375 are: 1  3  5  9  15  25  45  75  125  225  227  375  681  1125  1135  2043  3405  5675  10215  17025  28375  51075  85125  255375 
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 255375 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.

255375/100000

  =  

255375 ÷ 125/100000 ÷ 125

  =  

2043/800

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.55375 as a fraction.