2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 2.8075 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:
2.8075 = 2.8075/1
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.
2.8075/1 =
(2.8075 × 10,000)/(1 × 10,000) =
28,075/10,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
28,075/10,000
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).
28,075 = 52 × 1,123
10,000 = 24 × 54
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (52 × 1,123; 24 × 54) = 52
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
28,075/10,000 =
(52 × 1,123)/(24 × 54) =
((52 × 1,123) ÷ 52) / ((24 × 54) ÷ 52) =
1,123/(24 × 52) =
1,123/400
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.
1,123 ÷ 400 = 2, remainder = 323 ⇒
1,123 = 2 × 400 + 323 ⇒
1,123/400 =
(2 × 400 + 323) / 400 =
(2 × 400) / 400 + 323/400 =
2 + 323/400 =
2 323/400