2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 7.424242424245 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:
7.424242424245 = 7.424242424245/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
- Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
- This number is: 1,000,000,000,000.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
7.424242424245/1 =
(7.424242424245 × 1,000,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000,000) =
7,424,242,424,245/1,000,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
7,424,242,424,245/1,000,000,000,000
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).
7,424,242,424,245 = 5 × 89 × 3,229 × 5,166,829
1,000,000,000,000 = 212 × 512
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (5 × 89 × 3,229 × 5,166,829; 212 × 512) = 5
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
7,424,242,424,245/1,000,000,000,000 =
(5 × 89 × 3,229 × 5,166,829)/(212 × 512) =
((5 × 89 × 3,229 × 5,166,829) ÷ 5) / ((212 × 512) ÷ 5) =
(89 × 3,229 × 5,166,829)/(212 × 511) =
1,484,848,484,849/200,000,000,000
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.
1,484,848,484,849 ÷ 200,000,000,000 = 7, remainder = 84,848,484,849 ⇒
1,484,848,484,849 = 7 × 200,000,000,000 + 84,848,484,849 ⇒
1,484,848,484,849/200,000,000,000 =
(7 × 200,000,000,000 + 84,848,484,849) / 200,000,000,000 =
(7 × 200,000,000,000) / 200,000,000,000 + 84,848,484,849/200,000,000,000 =
7 + 84,848,484,849/200,000,000,000 =
7 84,848,484,849/200,000,000,000