How to convert 42.315998 as a fraction

Question: What is 42.315998 as a fraction?


Answer: 42.315998 as a fraction is 10579/250


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How to convert 42.315998 as a fraction?

Solution:42.315998 as a fraction is 10579/250

Step 1:

The first step to converting 42.315998 to a fraction is to re-write 42.315998 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 42.315998 can be written as simply 42.315998/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 42.315998, which in this case is 6. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42.315998/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 42.315998/1 each by 1000000:

42315998/10 / 1000000/10 = 42315998 / 1000000

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 42.315998 as a fraction:

10579/250 / 1

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