Convert the decimal number 42.3. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) improper fraction, into a mixed number and write it as a percentage value. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 42.3 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

1. Write the number as a percentage.

  • Multiply the number by 100/100
  • Note: 100/100 = 1
  • The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100

42.3 =

42.3 × 100/100 =

(42.3 × 100)/100 =

4,230/100 =

4,230%


  • In other words:
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 42.3 = 4,230%

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2. Write the number as an improper fraction.

  • 42.3 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:

42.3 = 42.3/1


Turn the top number into a whole number.

  • Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • This number is: 10.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

42.3/1 =

(42.3 × 10)/(1 × 10) =

423/10


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
423/10
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).

423 = 32 × 47

10 = 2 × 5


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Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

But, the numerator and the denominator have no common factors.

GCF (32 × 47; 2 × 5) = 1


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The numerator and the denominator are coprime numbers (no common prime factors, GCF = 1). So, the fraction cannot be reduced (simplified): irreducible fraction.


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.

423 ÷ 10 = 42, remainder = 3 ⇒

423 = 42 × 10 + 3 ⇒

423/10 =

(42 × 10 + 3) / 10 =

(42 × 10) / 10 + 3/10 =

42 + 3/10 =

42 3/10


423/10 ~ Equivalent fractions.

  • The above fraction cannot be reduced.
  • That is, it has the smallest possible numerator and denominator.

  • By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions.

  • Multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.


Example 1. By expanding the fraction by 2.

423/10 = (423 × 2)/(10 × 2) = 846/20

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 3.

423/10 = (423 × 3)/(10 × 3) = 1,269/30

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 423/10

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 4 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive improper fraction:
42.3 = 423/10

As a mixed number:
42.3 = 42 3/10

As a percentage:
42.3 = 4,230%

As equivalent fractions:
42.3 = 423/10 = 846/20 = 1,269/30

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Learn how to turn a decimal number into a fraction and a percentage. Steps.

1. How to write the number as a percentage:

  • Multiply the number by 100. Then add the percent sign, %.

2. How to write the number as a fraction:

  • Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction.
  • Turn the top number into a whole number: multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • Reduce (simplify) the above fraction to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible. To reduce a fraction divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
  • If the fraction is an improper one, rewrite it as a mixed number (mixed fraction).
  • Calculate equivalent fractions. By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions: multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.

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