What is 2.93625 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.93625 as a fraction equals 293625/100000 or 2349/800

Here is the solution for converting 2.93625 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.93625 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!

2.93625/1

  =  

2.93625 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

293625/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 293625 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 293625 are: 1  3  5  9  15  25  27  29  45  75  81  87  125  135  145  225  261  375  405  435  675  725  783  1125  1305  2025  2175  2349  3375  3625  3915  6525  10125  10875  11745  19575  32625  58725  97875  293625 
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 293625 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.

293625/100000

  =  

293625 ÷ 125/100000 ÷ 125

  =  

2349/800

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.93625 as a fraction.