How to convert 5287.872 as a fraction

Question: What is 5287.872 as a fraction?


Answer: 5287.872 as a fraction is 42303/8


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How to convert 5287.872 as a fraction?

Solution:5287.872 as a fraction is 42303/8

Step 1:

The first step to converting 5287.872 to a fraction is to re-write 5287.872 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 5287.872 can be written as simply 5287.872/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 5287.872, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5287.872/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 5287.872/1 each by 1000:

5287872/10 / 1000/10 = 5287872 / 1000

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 5287.872 as a fraction:

42303/8 / 1

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