Convert the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number 8.15. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) improper fraction, into a mixed number and write it as a percentage. Equivalent fractions calculator

Convert 8.15 into equivalent fractions and write it as a percentage value

1. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as a percentage.

Approximate to the desired number of decimal places (14).

8.15 ≈ 8.15555555555556


Multiply the number by 100/100.

  • The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100.
  • Note: 100/100 = 1

8.15555555555556 =

8.15555555555556 × 100/100 =

(8.15555555555556 × 100)/100 =

815.555555555556/100 =

815.555555555556% ≈

815.56%

(rounded off to max. 2 decimal places)


  • In other words:
  • Approximate to the desired number of decimal places...
  • Multiply the number by 100...
  • ... And then add the percent sign, %
  • 8.15 ≈ 815.56%

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2. Write the mixed repeating (recurring) decimal number as an improper fraction.

  • 8.15 can be written as an improper fraction.

  • The numerator is larger than or equal to the denominator.

Set up the first equation.

  • Let y equal the decimal number:

  • y = 8.15


Set up the second equation.

  • Number of decimal places repeating: 1

  • Multiply both sides of the first equation by 101 = 10


y = 8.15

10 × y = 10 × 8.15

10 × y = 81.5

Get the same number of decimal places as for y:

10 × y = 81.55

Note: 81.55 = 81.5


Subtract the first equation from the second one.

  • Having the same number of decimal places ...
  • The repeating pattern drops off by subtracting the two equations.

10 × y - y = 81.55 - 8.15 ⇒

(10 - 1) × y = 81.55 - 8.15 ⇒

We now have a new equation:

9 × y = 73.4


Solve for y in the new equation.

9 × y = 73.4 ⇒

y = 73.4/9

Let the result written as a fraction.



Now we can write the number as a fraction.

According to our first equation:

y = 8.15

According to our calculations:

y = 73.4/9

⇒ 8.15 = 73.4/9


Get rid of the decimal places in the fraction above.

  • Multiply the top and the bottom number by 10.
  • 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.

8.15 = (73.4 × 10)/(9 × 10)

8.15 = 734/90


3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
734/90
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).

734 = 2 × 367

90 = 2 × 32 × 5


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

Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.

GCF (2 × 367; 2 × 32 × 5) = 2


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Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.

734/90 =

(2 × 367)/(2 × 32 × 5) =

((2 × 367) ÷ 2) / ((2 × 32 × 5) ÷ 2) =

367/(32 × 5) =

367/45


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.

367 ÷ 45 = 8, remainder = 7 ⇒

367 = 8 × 45 + 7 ⇒

367/45 =

(8 × 45 + 7) / 45 =

(8 × 45) / 45 + 7/45 =

8 + 7/45 =

8 7/45


367/45 ~ 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.

367/45 = (367 × 4)/(45 × 4) = 1,468/180

Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 8.

367/45 = (367 × 8)/(45 × 8) = 2,936/360

  • Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
  • ... to the initial fraction: 367/45

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:: Final answer ::
Written in 4 different ways

As a reduced (simplified) positive improper fraction:
8.15 = 367/45

As a mixed number:
8.15 = 8 7/45

As a percentage:
8.15 ≈ 815.56%

As equivalent fractions:
8.15 = 367/45 = 1,468/180 = 2,936/360

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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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