Convert the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number 0.42857142858. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 0.42857142858 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

1. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a percentage.

Approximate to the desired number of decimal places (14).

0.42857142858 ≈ 0.42857142858286


Multiply the number by 100/100.

  • The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100.
  • Note: 100/100 = 1

0.42857142858286 =

0.42857142858286 × 100/100 =

(0.42857142858286 × 100)/100 =

42.857142858286/100 =

42.857142858286% ≈

42.86%

(rounded off to max. 2 decimal places)


  • In other words:
  • Approximate to the desired number of decimal places...
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 0.42857142858 ≈ 42.86%

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2. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a proper fraction.

  • 0.42857142858 can be written as a proper fraction.

  • The numerator is smaller than the denominator.

Set up the first equation.

  • Let y equal the decimal number:

  • y = 0.42857142858


Set up the second equation.

  • Number of decimal places repeating: 4

  • Multiply both sides of the first equation by 104 = 10,000


y = 0.42857142858

10,000 × y = 10,000 × 0.42857142858

10,000 × y = 4,285.7142858

Get the same number of decimal places as for y:

10,000 × y = 4,285.71428582858

Note: 4,285.71428582858 = 4,285.7142858


Subtract the first equation from the second one.

  • Having the same number of decimal places ...
  • The repeating pattern drops off by subtracting the two equations.

10,000 × y - y = 4,285.71428582858 - 0.42857142858 ⇒

(10,000 - 1) × y = 4,285.71428582858 - 0.42857142858 ⇒

We now have a new equation:

9,999 × y = 4,285.2857144


Solve for y in the new equation.

9,999 × y = 4,285.2857144 ⇒

y = 4,285.2857144/9,999

Let the result written as a fraction.



Now we can write the number as a fraction.

According to our first equation:

y = 0.42857142858

According to our calculations:

y = 4,285.2857144/9,999

⇒ 0.42857142858 = 4,285.2857144/9,999


Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.

  • Multiply the top and the bottom number by 10,000,000.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

0.42857142858 = (4,285.2857144 × 10,000,000)/(9,999 × 10,000,000)

0.42857142858 = 42,852,857,144/99,990,000,000


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
42,852,857,144/99,990,000,000
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).

42,852,857,144 = 23 × 107 × 127 × 394,187

99,990,000,000 = 27 × 32 × 57 × 11 × 101


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Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (23 × 107 × 127 × 394,187; 27 × 32 × 57 × 11 × 101) = 23


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

42,852,857,144/99,990,000,000 =

(23 × 107 × 127 × 394,187)/(27 × 32 × 57 × 11 × 101) =

((23 × 107 × 127 × 394,187) ÷ 23) / ((27 × 32 × 57 × 11 × 101) ÷ 23) =

(107 × 127 × 394,187)/(24 × 32 × 57 × 11 × 101) =

5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000


5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000 ~ Equivalent fractions.

  • The above fraction cannot be reduced.
  • That is, it has the smallest possible numerator and denominator.

  • By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions.

  • Multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.


Example 1. By expanding the fraction by 2.

5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000 = (5,356,607,143 × 2)/(12,498,750,000 × 2) = 10,713,214,286/24,997,500,000

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 4.

5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000 = (5,356,607,143 × 4)/(12,498,750,000 × 4) = 21,426,428,572/49,995,000,000

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.42857142858 = 5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000

As a percentage:
0.42857142858 ≈ 42.86%

As equivalent fractions:
0.42857142858 = 5,356,607,143/12,498,750,000 = 10,713,214,286/24,997,500,000 = 21,426,428,572/49,995,000,000

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Learn how to turn a decimal number into a fraction and a percentage. Steps.

1. How to write the number as a percentage:

  • Multiply the number by 100. Then add the percent sign, %.

2. How to write the number as a fraction:

  • Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction.
  • Turn the top number into a whole number: multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • Reduce (simplify) the above fraction to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible. To reduce a fraction divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
  • If the fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction).
  • Calculate equivalent fractions. By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions: multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.

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