What is 0.98892 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.98892 as a fraction equals 98892/100000 or 24723/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.98892 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.98892 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!

0.98892/1

  =  

0.98892 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

98892/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 98892 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 98892 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  36  41  67  82  123  134  164  201  246  268  369  402  492  603  738  804  1206  1476  2412  2747  5494  8241  10988  16482  24723  32964  49446  98892 
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 98892 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.

98892/100000

  =  

98892 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

24723/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.98892 as a fraction.