What is 2.88108 as a fraction?

Answer: 2.88108 as a fraction equals 288108/100000 or 72027/25000

Here is the solution for converting 2.88108 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 2.88108 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!

2.88108/1

  =  

2.88108 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

288108/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 288108 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 288108 are: 1  2  3  4  6  9  12  18  36  53  106  151  159  212  302  318  453  477  604  636  906  954  1359  1812  1908  2718  5436  8003  16006  24009  32012  48018  72027  96036  144054  288108 
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 288108 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.

288108/100000

  =  

288108 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

72027/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 2.88108 as a fraction.