2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 2.191919192 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:
2.191919192 = 2.191919192/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
2.191919192/1 =
(2.191919192 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
2,191,919,192/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
2,191,919,192/1,000,000,000
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).
2,191,919,192 = 23 × 19 × 14,420,521
1,000,000,000 = 29 × 59
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (23 × 19 × 14,420,521; 29 × 59) = 23
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
2,191,919,192/1,000,000,000 =
(23 × 19 × 14,420,521)/(29 × 59) =
((23 × 19 × 14,420,521) ÷ 23) / ((29 × 59) ÷ 23) =
(19 × 14,420,521)/(26 × 59) =
273,989,899/125,000,000
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.
273,989,899 ÷ 125,000,000 = 2, remainder = 23,989,899 ⇒
273,989,899 = 2 × 125,000,000 + 23,989,899 ⇒
273,989,899/125,000,000 =
(2 × 125,000,000 + 23,989,899) / 125,000,000 =
(2 × 125,000,000) / 125,000,000 + 23,989,899/125,000,000 =
2 + 23,989,899/125,000,000 =
2 23,989,899/125,000,000