2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 30.7696 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:
30.7696 = 30.7696/1
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.
30.7696/1 =
(30.7696 × 10,000)/(1 × 10,000) =
307,696/10,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
307,696/10,000
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).
307,696 = 24 × 19,231
10,000 = 24 × 54
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (24 × 19,231; 24 × 54) = 24
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
307,696/10,000 =
(24 × 19,231)/(24 × 54) =
((24 × 19,231) ÷ 24) / ((24 × 54) ÷ 24) =
19,231/54 =
19,231/625
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.
19,231 ÷ 625 = 30, remainder = 481 ⇒
19,231 = 30 × 625 + 481 ⇒
19,231/625 =
(30 × 625 + 481) / 625 =
(30 × 625) / 625 + 481/625 =
30 + 481/625 =
30 481/625