2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 5.57142857148 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:
5.57142857148 = 5.57142857148/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 100,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
5.57142857148/1 =
(5.57142857148 × 100,000,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000,000) =
557,142,857,148/100,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
557,142,857,148/100,000,000,000
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).
557,142,857,148 = 22 × 3 × 17 × 2,731,092,437
100,000,000,000 = 211 × 511
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (22 × 3 × 17 × 2,731,092,437; 211 × 511) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
557,142,857,148/100,000,000,000 =
(22 × 3 × 17 × 2,731,092,437)/(211 × 511) =
((22 × 3 × 17 × 2,731,092,437) ÷ 22) / ((211 × 511) ÷ 22) =
(3 × 17 × 2,731,092,437)/(29 × 511) =
139,285,714,287/25,000,000,000
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.
139,285,714,287 ÷ 25,000,000,000 = 5, remainder = 14,285,714,287 ⇒
139,285,714,287 = 5 × 25,000,000,000 + 14,285,714,287 ⇒
139,285,714,287/25,000,000,000 =
(5 × 25,000,000,000 + 14,285,714,287) / 25,000,000,000 =
(5 × 25,000,000,000) / 25,000,000,000 + 14,285,714,287/25,000,000,000 =
5 + 14,285,714,287/25,000,000,000 =
5 14,285,714,287/25,000,000,000