How to convert 12.87642857143 as a fraction

Question: What is 12.87642857143 as a fraction?


Answer: 12.87642857143 as a fraction is 5627/437


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How to convert 12.87642857143 as a fraction?

Solution:12.87642857143 as a fraction is 5627/437

Step 1:

The first step to converting 12.87642857143 to a fraction is to re-write 12.87642857143 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 12.87642857143 can be written as simply 12.87642857143/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 12.87642857143, which in this case is 11. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12.87642857143/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 12.87642857143/1 each by 100000000000:

1287642857143/10 / 100000000000/10 = 1287642857143 / 100000000000

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 12.87642857143 as a fraction:

5627/437 / 1

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