What is 1.1988 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.1988 as a fraction equals 11988/10000 or 2997/2500

Here is the solution for converting 1.1988 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.1988 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!

1.1988/1

  =  

1.1988 x 10000/1 x 10000

  =  

11988/10000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 11988 and 10000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 11988 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  27  36  37  54  74  81  108  111  148  162  222  324  333  444  666  999  1332  1998  2997  3996  5994  11988 
The factors of 10000 are: 1  2  4  5  8  10  16  20  25  40  50  80  100  125  200  250  400  500  625  1000  1250  2000  2500  5000  10000 
So for 11988 and 10000 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.

11988/10000

  =  

11988 ÷ 4/10000 ÷ 4

  =  

2997/2500

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.1988 as a fraction.