What is 1.43344 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.43344 as a fraction equals 143344/100000 or 8959/6250

Here is the solution for converting 1.43344 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.43344 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!

1.43344/1

  =  

1.43344 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

143344/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 143344 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 143344 are: 1  2  4  8  16  17  31  34  62  68  124  136  248  272  289  496  527  578  1054  1156  2108  2312  4216  4624  8432  8959  17918  35836  71672  143344 
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 143344 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 16

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.

143344/100000

  =  

143344 ÷ 16/100000 ÷ 16

  =  

8959/6250

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.43344 as a fraction.