How to convert 87.38125 as a fraction

Question: What is 87.38125 as a fraction?


Answer: 87.38125 as a fraction is 13981/160


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How to convert 87.38125 as a fraction?

Solution:87.38125 as a fraction is 13981/160

Step 1:

The first step to converting 87.38125 to a fraction is to re-write 87.38125 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 87.38125 can be written as simply 87.38125/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 87.38125, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87.38125/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 87.38125/1 each by 100000:

8738125/10 / 100000/10 = 8738125 / 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 87.38125 as a fraction:

13981/160 / 1

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