2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 6.230034346 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:
6.230034346 = 6.230034346/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
6.230034346/1 =
(6.230034346 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
6,230,034,346/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
6,230,034,346/1,000,000,000
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).
6,230,034,346 = 2 × 3,115,017,173
1,000,000,000 = 29 × 59
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (2 × 3,115,017,173; 29 × 59) = 2
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
6,230,034,346/1,000,000,000 =
(2 × 3,115,017,173)/(29 × 59) =
((2 × 3,115,017,173) ÷ 2) / ((29 × 59) ÷ 2) =
3,115,017,173/(28 × 59) =
3,115,017,173/500,000,000
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.
3,115,017,173 ÷ 500,000,000 = 6, remainder = 115,017,173 ⇒
3,115,017,173 = 6 × 500,000,000 + 115,017,173 ⇒
3,115,017,173/500,000,000 =
(6 × 500,000,000 + 115,017,173) / 500,000,000 =
(6 × 500,000,000) / 500,000,000 + 115,017,173/500,000,000 =
6 + 115,017,173/500,000,000 =
6 115,017,173/500,000,000