2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.00001824 can be written as a proper fraction.
- A proper fraction = the numerator is smaller than the denominator..
Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:
0.00001824 = 0.00001824/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.00001824/1 =
(0.00001824 × 100,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000) =
1,824/100,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
1,824/100,000,000
to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible.
To reduce a fraction to the lowest terms divide the numerator and denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Factor the numerator and denominator (prime factorization).
1,824 = 25 × 3 × 19
100,000,000 = 28 × 58
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (25 × 3 × 19; 28 × 58) = 25
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
1,824/100,000,000 =
(25 × 3 × 19)/(28 × 58) =
((25 × 3 × 19) ÷ 25) / ((28 × 58) ÷ 25) =
(3 × 19)/(23 × 58) =
57/3,125,000