2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.3333333335 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:
0.3333333335 = 0.3333333335/1
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.
0.3333333335/1 =
(0.3333333335 × 10,000,000,000)/(1 × 10,000,000,000) =
3,333,333,335/10,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
3,333,333,335/10,000,000,000
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).
3,333,333,335 = 5 × 666,666,667
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 (5 × 666,666,667; 210 × 510) = 5
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
3,333,333,335/10,000,000,000 =
(5 × 666,666,667)/(210 × 510) =
((5 × 666,666,667) ÷ 5) / ((210 × 510) ÷ 5) =
666,666,667/(210 × 59) =
666,666,667/2,000,000,000