What is 0.99036 as a fraction?

Answer: 0.99036 as a fraction equals 99036/100000 or 24759/25000

Here is the solution for converting 0.99036 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 0.99036 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!

0.99036/1

  =  

0.99036 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

99036/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 99036 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 99036 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  9  12  14  18  21  27  28  36  42  54  63  84  108  126  131  189  252  262  378  393  524  756  786  917  1179  1572  1834  2358  2751  3537  3668  4716  5502  7074  8253  11004  14148  16506  24759  33012  49518  99036 
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 99036 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.

99036/100000

  =  

99036 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

24759/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 0.99036 as a fraction.