What is 2.56425 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.56425 as a fraction equals 256425/100000 or 10257/4000

Here is the solution for converting 2.56425 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.56425 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!

2.56425/1

  =  

2.56425 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

256425/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 256425 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 256425 are: 1  3  5  13  15  25  39  65  75  195  263  325  789  975  1315  3419  3945  6575  10257  17095  19725  51285  85475  256425 
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 256425 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.

256425/100000

  =  

256425 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

10257/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.56425 as a fraction.