What is 5.36628 as a fraction?

Answer: 5.36628 as a fraction equals 536628/100000 or 134157/25000

Here is the solution for converting 5.36628 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 5.36628 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!

5.36628/1

  =  

5.36628 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

536628/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 536628 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 536628 are: 1  2  3  4  6  12  197  227  394  454  591  681  788  908  1182  1362  2364  2724  44719  89438  134157  178876  268314  536628 
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 536628 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 4

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.

536628/100000

  =  

536628 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

134157/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 5.36628 as a fraction.