2. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a proper fraction.
0.525254 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 = 0.525254
Set up the second equation.
- Number of decimal places repeating: 2
Multiply both sides of the first equation by 102 = 100
y = 0.525254
100 × y = 100 × 0.525254
100 × y = 52.5254
Get the same number of decimal places as for y:
100 × y = 52.525454
Note: 52.525454 = 52.5254
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.
100 × y - y = 52.525454 - 0.525254 ⇒
(100 - 1) × y = 52.525454 - 0.525254 ⇒
We now have a new equation:
99 × y = 52.0002
Solve for y in the new equation.
99 × y = 52.0002 ⇒
y = 52.0002/99
Let the result written as a fraction.
Now we can write the number as a fraction.
According to our first equation:
y = 0.525254
According to our calculations:
y = 52.0002/99
⇒ 0.525254 = 52.0002/99
Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.
- Multiply the top and the bottom number by 10,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.525254 = (52.0002 × 10,000)/(99 × 10,000)
0.525254 = 520,002/990,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
520,002/990,000
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).
520,002 = 2 × 32 × 7 × 4,127
990,000 = 24 × 32 × 54 × 11
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (2 × 32 × 7 × 4,127; 24 × 32 × 54 × 11) = 2 × 32
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
520,002/990,000 =
(2 × 32 × 7 × 4,127)/(24 × 32 × 54 × 11) =
((2 × 32 × 7 × 4,127) ÷ (2 × 32)) / ((24 × 32 × 54 × 11) ÷ (2 × 32)) =
(7 × 4,127)/(23 × 54 × 11) =
28,889/55,000