What is 1.61472 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.61472 as a fraction equals 161472/100000 or 5046/3125

Here is the solution for converting 1.61472 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.61472 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!

1.61472/1

  =  

1.61472 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

161472/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 161472 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 161472 are: 1  2  3  4  6  8  12  16  24  29  32  48  58  64  87  96  116  174  192  232  348  464  696  841  928  1392  1682  1856  2523  2784  3364  5046  5568  6728  10092  13456  20184  26912  40368  53824  80736  161472 
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 161472 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

161472/100000

  =  

161472 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

5046/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.61472 as a fraction.