What is 4.83168 as a fraction?

Answer: 4.83168 as a fraction equals 483168/100000 or 15099/3125

Here is the solution for converting 4.83168 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 4.83168 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!

4.83168/1

  =  

4.83168 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

483168/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 483168 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 483168 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  12  14  16  21  24  28  32  42  48  56  84  96  112  168  224  336  672  719  1438  2157  2876  4314  5033  5752  8628  10066  11504  15099  17256  20132  23008  30198  34512  40264  60396  69024  80528  120792  161056  241584  483168 
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 483168 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.

483168/100000

  =  

483168 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

15099/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 4.83168 as a fraction.