2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 1.21428576 can be written as an improper fraction.
- An improper fraction = the numerator is larger than or equal to the denominator..
Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:
1.21428576 = 1.21428576/1
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.
1.21428576/1 =
(1.21428576 × 100,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000) =
121,428,576/100,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
121,428,576/100,000,000
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).
121,428,576 = 25 × 32 × 293 × 1,439
100,000,000 = 28 × 58
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (25 × 32 × 293 × 1,439; 28 × 58) = 25
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
121,428,576/100,000,000 =
(25 × 32 × 293 × 1,439)/(28 × 58) =
((25 × 32 × 293 × 1,439) ÷ 25) / ((28 × 58) ÷ 25) =
(32 × 293 × 1,439)/(23 × 58) =
3,794,643/3,125,000
4. The fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction):
- A mixed number = an integer number and a proper fraction, of the same sign.
- Example 1: 2 1/5; Example 2: - 1 3/7.
- A proper fraction = the numerator is smaller than the denominator.
3,794,643 ÷ 3,125,000 = 1, remainder = 669,643 ⇒
3,794,643 = 1 × 3,125,000 + 669,643 ⇒
3,794,643/3,125,000 =
(1 × 3,125,000 + 669,643) / 3,125,000 =
(1 × 3,125,000) / 3,125,000 + 669,643/3,125,000 =
1 + 669,643/3,125,000 =
1 669,643/3,125,000