How to convert 15.88437 as a fraction

Question: What is 15.88437 as a fraction?


Answer: 15.88437 as a fraction is 5083/320


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How to convert 15.88437 as a fraction?

Solution:15.88437 as a fraction is 5083/320

Step 1:

The first step to converting 15.88437 to a fraction is to re-write 15.88437 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 15.88437 can be written as simply 15.88437/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 15.88437, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 15.88437/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 15.88437/1 each by 100000:

1588437/10 / 100000/10 = 1588437 / 100000

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 15.88437 as a fraction:

5083/320 / 1

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