2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.252525255 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:
0.252525255 = 0.252525255/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.252525255/1 =
(0.252525255 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
252,525,255/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
252,525,255/1,000,000,000
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).
252,525,255 = 3 × 5 × 16,835,017
1,000,000,000 = 29 × 59
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (3 × 5 × 16,835,017; 29 × 59) = 5
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
252,525,255/1,000,000,000 =
(3 × 5 × 16,835,017)/(29 × 59) =
((3 × 5 × 16,835,017) ÷ 5) / ((29 × 59) ÷ 5) =
(3 × 16,835,017)/(29 × 58) =
50,505,051/200,000,000