2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.0004551662 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:
0.0004551662 = 0.0004551662/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 10,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.0004551662/1 =
(0.0004551662 × 10,000,000,000)/(1 × 10,000,000,000) =
4,551,662/10,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
4,551,662/10,000,000,000
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).
4,551,662 = 2 × 2,275,831
10,000,000,000 = 210 × 510
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (2 × 2,275,831; 210 × 510) = 2
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
4,551,662/10,000,000,000 =
(2 × 2,275,831)/(210 × 510) =
((2 × 2,275,831) ÷ 2) / ((210 × 510) ÷ 2) =
2,275,831/(29 × 510) =
2,275,831/5,000,000,000