2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
- 0.394736842105 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:
0.394736842105 = 0.394736842105/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.394736842105/1 =
(0.394736842105 × 1,000,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000,000) =
394,736,842,105/1,000,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
394,736,842,105/1,000,000,000,000
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).
394,736,842,105 = 5 × 29 × 47 × 57,921,767
1,000,000,000,000 = 212 × 512
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (5 × 29 × 47 × 57,921,767; 212 × 512) = 5
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
394,736,842,105/1,000,000,000,000 =
(5 × 29 × 47 × 57,921,767)/(212 × 512) =
((5 × 29 × 47 × 57,921,767) ÷ 5) / ((212 × 512) ÷ 5) =
(29 × 47 × 57,921,767)/(212 × 511) =
78,947,368,421/200,000,000,000