What is 0.82176 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.82176 as a fraction equals 82176/100000 or 2568/3125

Here is the solution for converting 0.82176 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.82176 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!

0.82176/1

  =  

0.82176 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

82176/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 82176 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 82176 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  24  32  48  64  96  107  128  192  214  256  321  384  428  642  768  856  1284  1712  2568  3424  5136  6848  10272  13696  20544  27392  41088  82176 
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 82176 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

82176/100000

  =  

82176 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

2568/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.82176 as a fraction.