What is 1.72308 as a fraction?

Answer: 1.72308 as a fraction equals 172308/100000 or 43077/25000

Here is the solution for converting 1.72308 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 1.72308 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!

1.72308/1

  =  

1.72308 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

172308/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 172308 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 172308 are: 1  2  3  4  6  12  83  166  173  249  332  346  498  519  692  996  1038  2076  14359  28718  43077  57436  86154  172308 
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 172308 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.

172308/100000

  =  

172308 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

43077/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 1.72308 as a fraction.