Convert the decimal number 72.85. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) improper fraction, into a mixed number and write it as a percentage value. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 72.85 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

72.85 =

72.85 × 100/100 =

(72.85 × 100)/100 =

7,285/100 =

7,285%


  • In other words:
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 72.85 = 7,285%

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2. Write the number as an improper fraction.

  • 72.85 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:

72.85 = 72.85/1


Turn the top number into a whole number.

  • Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
  • This number is: 100.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

72.85/1 =

(72.85 × 100)/(1 × 100) =

7,285/100


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
7,285/100
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).

7,285 = 5 × 31 × 47

100 = 22 × 52


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

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (5 × 31 × 47; 22 × 52) = 5


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

7,285/100 =

(5 × 31 × 47)/(22 × 52) =

((5 × 31 × 47) ÷ 5) / ((22 × 52) ÷ 5) =

(31 × 47)/(22 × 5) =

1,457/20


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.

1,457 ÷ 20 = 72, remainder = 17 ⇒

1,457 = 72 × 20 + 17 ⇒

1,457/20 =

(72 × 20 + 17) / 20 =

(72 × 20) / 20 + 17/20 =

72 + 17/20 =

72 17/20


1,457/20 ~ 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 4.

1,457/20 = (1,457 × 4)/(20 × 4) = 5,828/80

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 6.

1,457/20 = (1,457 × 6)/(20 × 6) = 8,742/120

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 1,457/20

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 4 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive improper fraction:
72.85 = 1,457/20

As a mixed number:
72.85 = 72 17/20

As a percentage:
72.85 = 7,285%

As equivalent fractions:
72.85 = 1,457/20 = 5,828/80 = 8,742/120

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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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