How to convert 879.842 as a fraction

Question: What is 879.842 as a fraction?


Answer: 879.842 as a fraction is 16717/19


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How to convert 879.842 as a fraction?

Solution:879.842 as a fraction is 16717/19

Step 1:

The first step to converting 879.842 to a fraction is to re-write 879.842 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 879.842 can be written as simply 879.842/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 879.842, which in this case is 3. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 879.842/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 879.842/1 each by 1000:

879842/10 / 1000/10 = 879842 / 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 879.842 as a fraction:

16717/19 / 1

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