Lets Express 0.42857142 as afraction

What is 0.42857142 as a fraction?


Solution: 0.42857142 as a fraction is 3/7


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How to convert 0.42857142 as a fraction?

Solution:0.42857142 as a fraction is 3/7

Step 1:

The first step to converting 0.42857142 to a fraction is to re-write 0.42857142 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 0.42857142 can be written as simply 0.42857142/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 0.42857142, which in this case is 8. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 0.42857142/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 0.42857142/1 each by 100000000:

042857142/10 / 100000000/10 = 042857142 / 100000000

Step 3:

Now the last step is to simplify the fraction (if possible) by finding similar factors and cancelling them out, which leads to the following answer for 0.42857142 as a fraction:

3/7 / 1

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