2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 2.76668 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:
2.76668 = 2.76668/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
2.76668/1 =
(2.76668 × 100,000)/(1 × 100,000) =
276,668/100,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
276,668/100,000
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).
276,668 = 22 × 7 × 41 × 241
100,000 = 25 × 55
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (22 × 7 × 41 × 241; 25 × 55) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
276,668/100,000 =
(22 × 7 × 41 × 241)/(25 × 55) =
((22 × 7 × 41 × 241) ÷ 22) / ((25 × 55) ÷ 22) =
(7 × 41 × 241)/(23 × 55) =
69,167/25,000
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.
69,167 ÷ 25,000 = 2, remainder = 19,167 ⇒
69,167 = 2 × 25,000 + 19,167 ⇒
69,167/25,000 =
(2 × 25,000 + 19,167) / 25,000 =
(2 × 25,000) / 25,000 + 19,167/25,000 =
2 + 19,167/25,000 =
2 19,167/25,000