What is 0.53016 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.53016 as a fraction equals 53016/100000 or 6627/12500

Here is the solution for converting 0.53016 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.53016 as  

Step 2:

Next, we multiply both the numerator and denominator by 10 for each digit after the decimal point. Remember the numerator is the top part of the fraction and the denominator is the bottom part!

0.53016/1

  =  

0.53016 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

53016/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 53016 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 53016 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  24  47  94  141  188  282  376  564  1128  2209  4418  6627  8836  13254  17672  26508  53016 
The factors of 100000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  32  40  50  80  100  125  160  200  250  400  500  625  800  1000  1250  2000  2500  3125  4000  5000  6250  10000  12500  20000  25000  50000  100000 
So for 53016 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 8

Step 4:

For the last step we reduce the fraction. This just means writing the fraction in the simplest way. To do this we divide both the numerator and denominator by the GCF value we determined in step 3.

53016/100000

  =  

53016 ÷ 8/100000 ÷ 8

  =  

6627/12500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.53016 as a fraction.