2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.0608 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:
0.0608 = 0.0608/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 10,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.0608/1 =
(0.0608 × 10,000)/(1 × 10,000) =
608/10,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
608/10,000
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).
608 = 25 × 19
10,000 = 24 × 54
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (25 × 19; 24 × 54) = 24
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
608/10,000 =
(25 × 19)/(24 × 54) =
((25 × 19) ÷ 24) / ((24 × 54) ÷ 24) =
(2 × 19)/54 =
38/625