Convert the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number 0.42857148. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 0.42857148 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).

0.42857148 ≈ 0.42857148148148


Multiply the number by 100/100.

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

0.42857148148148 =

0.42857148148148 × 100/100 =

(0.42857148148148 × 100)/100 =

42.857148148148/100 =

42.857148148148% ≈

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, %
  • 0.42857148 ≈ 42.86%

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

  • 0.42857148 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 = 0.42857148


Set up the second equation.

  • Number of decimal places repeating: 3

  • Multiply both sides of the first equation by 103 = 1,000


y = 0.42857148

1,000 × y = 1,000 × 0.42857148

1,000 × y = 428.57148

Get the same number of decimal places as for y:

1,000 × y = 428.57148148

Note: 428.57148148 = 428.57148


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.

1,000 × y - y = 428.57148148 - 0.42857148 ⇒

(1,000 - 1) × y = 428.57148148 - 0.42857148 ⇒

We now have a new equation:

999 × y = 428.14291


Solve for y in the new equation.

999 × y = 428.14291 ⇒

y = 428.14291/999

Let the result written as a fraction.



Now we can write the number as a fraction.

According to our first equation:

y = 0.42857148

According to our calculations:

y = 428.14291/999

⇒ 0.42857148 = 428.14291/999


Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.

  • Multiply the top and the bottom number by 100,000.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

0.42857148 = (428.14291 × 100,000)/(999 × 100,000)

0.42857148 = 42,814,291/99,900,000


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
42,814,291/99,900,000
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).

42,814,291 = 132 × 37 × 41 × 167

99,900,000 = 25 × 33 × 55 × 37


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

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (132 × 37 × 41 × 167; 25 × 33 × 55 × 37) = 37


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

42,814,291/99,900,000 =

(132 × 37 × 41 × 167)/(25 × 33 × 55 × 37) =

((132 × 37 × 41 × 167) ÷ 37) / ((25 × 33 × 55 × 37) ÷ 37) =

(132 × 41 × 167)/(25 × 33 × 55) =

1,157,143/2,700,000


1,157,143/2,700,000 ~ 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.

1,157,143/2,700,000 = (1,157,143 × 2)/(2,700,000 × 2) = 2,314,286/5,400,000

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 6.

1,157,143/2,700,000 = (1,157,143 × 6)/(2,700,000 × 6) = 6,942,858/16,200,000

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 1,157,143/2,700,000

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.42857148 = 1,157,143/2,700,000

As a percentage:
0.42857148 ≈ 42.86%

As equivalent fractions:
0.42857148 = 1,157,143/2,700,000 = 2,314,286/5,400,000 = 6,942,858/16,200,000

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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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