2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.307692308 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:
0.307692308 = 0.307692308/1
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.
0.307692308/1 =
(0.307692308 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
307,692,308/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
307,692,308/1,000,000,000
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).
307,692,308 = 22 × 7 × 11 × 19 × 52,579
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 (22 × 7 × 11 × 19 × 52,579; 29 × 59) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
307,692,308/1,000,000,000 =
(22 × 7 × 11 × 19 × 52,579)/(29 × 59) =
((22 × 7 × 11 × 19 × 52,579) ÷ 22) / ((29 × 59) ÷ 22) =
(7 × 11 × 19 × 52,579)/(27 × 59) =
76,923,077/250,000,000