2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 3.2222222228 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:
3.2222222228 = 3.2222222228/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 10,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
3.2222222228/1 =
(3.2222222228 × 10,000,000,000)/(1 × 10,000,000,000) =
32,222,222,228/10,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
32,222,222,228/10,000,000,000
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).
32,222,222,228 = 22 × 72 × 2,801 × 58,693
10,000,000,000 = 210 × 510
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (22 × 72 × 2,801 × 58,693; 210 × 510) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
32,222,222,228/10,000,000,000 =
(22 × 72 × 2,801 × 58,693)/(210 × 510) =
((22 × 72 × 2,801 × 58,693) ÷ 22) / ((210 × 510) ÷ 22) =
(72 × 2,801 × 58,693)/(28 × 510) =
8,055,555,557/2,500,000,000
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.
8,055,555,557 ÷ 2,500,000,000 = 3, remainder = 555,555,557 ⇒
8,055,555,557 = 3 × 2,500,000,000 + 555,555,557 ⇒
8,055,555,557/2,500,000,000 =
(3 × 2,500,000,000 + 555,555,557) / 2,500,000,000 =
(3 × 2,500,000,000) / 2,500,000,000 + 555,555,557/2,500,000,000 =
3 + 555,555,557/2,500,000,000 =
3 555,555,557/2,500,000,000