2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.33333336 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:
0.33333336 = 0.33333336/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.33333336/1 =
(0.33333336 × 100,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000) =
33,333,336/100,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
33,333,336/100,000,000
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).
33,333,336 = 23 × 33 × 154,321
100,000,000 = 28 × 58
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (23 × 33 × 154,321; 28 × 58) = 23
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
33,333,336/100,000,000 =
(23 × 33 × 154,321)/(28 × 58) =
((23 × 33 × 154,321) ÷ 23) / ((28 × 58) ÷ 23) =
(33 × 154,321)/(25 × 58) =
4,166,667/12,500,000