2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 1.27272727275 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:
1.27272727275 = 1.27272727275/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
1.27272727275/1 =
(1.27272727275 × 100,000,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000,000) =
127,272,727,275/100,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
127,272,727,275/100,000,000,000
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).
127,272,727,275 = 3 × 52 × 34,513 × 49,169
100,000,000,000 = 211 × 511
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (3 × 52 × 34,513 × 49,169; 211 × 511) = 52
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
127,272,727,275/100,000,000,000 =
(3 × 52 × 34,513 × 49,169)/(211 × 511) =
((3 × 52 × 34,513 × 49,169) ÷ 52) / ((211 × 511) ÷ 52) =
(3 × 34,513 × 49,169)/(211 × 59) =
5,090,909,091/4,000,000,000
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.
5,090,909,091 ÷ 4,000,000,000 = 1, remainder = 1,090,909,091 ⇒
5,090,909,091 = 1 × 4,000,000,000 + 1,090,909,091 ⇒
5,090,909,091/4,000,000,000 =
(1 × 4,000,000,000 + 1,090,909,091) / 4,000,000,000 =
(1 × 4,000,000,000) / 4,000,000,000 + 1,090,909,091/4,000,000,000 =
1 + 1,090,909,091/4,000,000,000 =
1 1,090,909,091/4,000,000,000