2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 4.3571428575 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:
4.3571428575 = 4.3571428575/1
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.
4.3571428575/1 =
(4.3571428575 × 10,000,000,000)/(1 × 10,000,000,000) =
43,571,428,575/10,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
43,571,428,575/10,000,000,000
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).
43,571,428,575 = 3 × 52 × 131 × 563 × 7,877
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 (3 × 52 × 131 × 563 × 7,877; 210 × 510) = 52
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
43,571,428,575/10,000,000,000 =
(3 × 52 × 131 × 563 × 7,877)/(210 × 510) =
((3 × 52 × 131 × 563 × 7,877) ÷ 52) / ((210 × 510) ÷ 52) =
(3 × 131 × 563 × 7,877)/(210 × 58) =
1,742,857,143/400,000,000
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.
1,742,857,143 ÷ 400,000,000 = 4, remainder = 142,857,143 ⇒
1,742,857,143 = 4 × 400,000,000 + 142,857,143 ⇒
1,742,857,143/400,000,000 =
(4 × 400,000,000 + 142,857,143) / 400,000,000 =
(4 × 400,000,000) / 400,000,000 + 142,857,143/400,000,000 =
4 + 142,857,143/400,000,000 =
4 142,857,143/400,000,000