2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 2.7668 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:
2.7668 = 2.7668/1
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.
2.7668/1 =
(2.7668 × 10,000)/(1 × 10,000) =
27,668/10,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
27,668/10,000
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).
27,668 = 22 × 6,917
10,000 = 24 × 54
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (22 × 6,917; 24 × 54) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
27,668/10,000 =
(22 × 6,917)/(24 × 54) =
((22 × 6,917) ÷ 22) / ((24 × 54) ÷ 22) =
6,917/(22 × 54) =
6,917/2,500
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.
6,917 ÷ 2,500 = 2, remainder = 1,917 ⇒
6,917 = 2 × 2,500 + 1,917 ⇒
6,917/2,500 =
(2 × 2,500 + 1,917) / 2,500 =
(2 × 2,500) / 2,500 + 1,917/2,500 =
2 + 1,917/2,500 =
2 1,917/2,500