2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.02128 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:
0.02128 = 0.02128/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.02128/1 =
(0.02128 × 100,000)/(1 × 100,000) =
2,128/100,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
2,128/100,000
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).
2,128 = 24 × 7 × 19
100,000 = 25 × 55
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (24 × 7 × 19; 25 × 55) = 24
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
2,128/100,000 =
(24 × 7 × 19)/(25 × 55) =
((24 × 7 × 19) ÷ 24) / ((25 × 55) ÷ 24) =
(7 × 19)/(2 × 55) =
133/6,250