What is 4.94118 as a fraction?

Answer: 4.94118 as a fraction equals 494118/100000 or 247059/50000

Here is the solution for converting 4.94118 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 4.94118 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!

4.94118/1

  =  

4.94118 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

494118/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 494118 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 494118 are: 1  2  3  6  9  18  97  194  283  291  566  582  849  873  1698  1746  2547  5094  27451  54902  82353  164706  247059  494118 
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 494118 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.

494118/100000

  =  

494118 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

247059/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 4.94118 as a fraction.