What is 3.16078 as a fraction?

Answer: 3.16078 as a fraction equals 316078/100000 or 158039/50000

Here is the solution for converting 3.16078 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 3.16078 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!

3.16078/1

  =  

3.16078 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

316078/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 316078 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 316078 are: 1  2  7  14  107  211  214  422  749  1477  1498  2954  22577  45154  158039  316078 
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 316078 and 100000 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.

316078/100000

  =  

316078 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

158039/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 3.16078 as a fraction.