2. Write the number as an improper fraction.
- 8.55555558 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:
8.55555558 = 8.55555558/1
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.
- 1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
8.55555558/1 =
(8.55555558 × 100,000,000)/(1 × 100,000,000) =
855,555,558/100,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above:
855,555,558/100,000,000
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).
855,555,558 = 2 × 3 × 11 × 13 × 997,151
100,000,000 = 28 × 58
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (2 × 3 × 11 × 13 × 997,151; 28 × 58) = 2
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their GCF.
855,555,558/100,000,000 =
(2 × 3 × 11 × 13 × 997,151)/(28 × 58) =
((2 × 3 × 11 × 13 × 997,151) ÷ 2) / ((28 × 58) ÷ 2) =
(3 × 11 × 13 × 997,151)/(27 × 58) =
427,777,779/50,000,000
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.
427,777,779 ÷ 50,000,000 = 8, remainder = 27,777,779 ⇒
427,777,779 = 8 × 50,000,000 + 27,777,779 ⇒
427,777,779/50,000,000 =
(8 × 50,000,000 + 27,777,779) / 50,000,000 =
(8 × 50,000,000) / 50,000,000 + 27,777,779/50,000,000 =
8 + 27,777,779/50,000,000 =
8 27,777,779/50,000,000