What is 0.85284 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.85284 as a fraction equals 85284/100000 or 21321/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.85284 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.85284 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!

0.85284/1

  =  

0.85284 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

85284/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 85284 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 85284 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  23  36  46  69  92  103  138  206  207  276  309  412  414  618  828  927  1236  1854  2369  3708  4738  7107  9476  14214  21321  28428  42642  85284 
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 85284 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 4

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.

85284/100000

  =  

85284 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

21321/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.85284 as a fraction.