What is 4.66272 as a fraction?

Answer: 4.66272 as a fraction equals 466272/100000 or 14571/3125

Here is the solution for converting 4.66272 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 4.66272 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!

4.66272/1

  =  

4.66272 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

466272/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 466272 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 466272 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  9  12  16  18  24  32  36  48  72  96  144  288  1619  3238  4857  6476  9714  12952  14571  19428  25904  29142  38856  51808  58284  77712  116568  155424  233136  466272 
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 466272 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

466272/100000

  =  

466272 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

14571/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 4.66272 as a fraction.