What is 4.97175 as a fraction?

Answer: 4.97175 as a fraction equals 497175/100000 or 19887/4000

Here is the solution for converting 4.97175 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 4.97175 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!

4.97175/1

  =  

4.97175 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

497175/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 497175 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 497175 are: 1  3  5  7  15  21  25  35  75  105  175  525  947  2841  4735  6629  14205  19887  23675  33145  71025  99435  165725  497175 
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 497175 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 25

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.

497175/100000

  =  

497175 ÷ 25/100000 ÷ 25

  =  

19887/4000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 4.97175 as a fraction.