What is 5.15399 as a fraction?

Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways including percentages, decimals, and fractions. The ability to convert any number from one format to another is an important math skill to have. These skills are typically thought in fifth grade math and require an understanding of place values and Greatest Common Factor (GCF).

In this article, we teach those skills step by step while demonstrating how to convert decimal 5.15399 into a fraction.

Answer: 5.15399 as a Fraction equals 515399/100000

Here is the solution for converting 5.15399 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 5.15399 as  
5.15399/1

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!
5.15399/1
  =  
5.15399 x 100000/1 x 100000
  =  
515399/100000


Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 5.15399 as a fraction.

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