2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 1.2144 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:
1.2144 = 1.2144/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 10,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
1.2144/1 =
(1.2144 × 10,000)/(1 × 10,000) =
12,144/10,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
12,144/10,000
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).
12,144 = 24 × 3 × 11 × 23
10,000 = 24 × 54
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (24 × 3 × 11 × 23; 24 × 54) = 24
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
12,144/10,000 =
(24 × 3 × 11 × 23)/(24 × 54) =
((24 × 3 × 11 × 23) ÷ 24) / ((24 × 54) ÷ 24) =
(3 × 11 × 23)/54 =
759/625