What is 3.33788 as a fraction?

Answer: 3.33788 as a fraction equals 333788/100000 or 83447/25000

Here is the solution for converting 3.33788 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 3.33788 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!

3.33788/1

  =  

3.33788 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

333788/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 333788 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 333788 are: 1  2  4  7  13  14  26  28  49  52  91  98  131  182  196  262  364  524  637  917  1274  1703  1834  2548  3406  3668  6419  6812  11921  12838  23842  25676  47684  83447  166894  333788 
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 333788 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.

333788/100000

  =  

333788 ÷ 4/100000 ÷ 4

  =  

83447/25000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 3.33788 as a fraction.