2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 47.5714285716 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:
47.5714285716 = 47.5714285716/1
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.
47.5714285716/1 =
(47.5714285716 × 10,000,000,000)/(1 × 10,000,000,000) =
475,714,285,716/10,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
475,714,285,716/10,000,000,000
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).
475,714,285,716 = 22 × 3 × 39,642,857,143
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 × 3 × 39,642,857,143; 210 × 510) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
475,714,285,716/10,000,000,000 =
(22 × 3 × 39,642,857,143)/(210 × 510) =
((22 × 3 × 39,642,857,143) ÷ 22) / ((210 × 510) ÷ 22) =
(3 × 39,642,857,143)/(28 × 510) =
118,928,571,429/2,500,000,000
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.
118,928,571,429 ÷ 2,500,000,000 = 47, remainder = 1,428,571,429 ⇒
118,928,571,429 = 47 × 2,500,000,000 + 1,428,571,429 ⇒
118,928,571,429/2,500,000,000 =
(47 × 2,500,000,000 + 1,428,571,429) / 2,500,000,000 =
(47 × 2,500,000,000) / 2,500,000,000 + 1,428,571,429/2,500,000,000 =
47 + 1,428,571,429/2,500,000,000 =
47 1,428,571,429/2,500,000,000