What is 3.71622 as a fraction?

Answer: 3.71622 as a fraction equals 371622/100000 or 185811/50000

Here is the solution for converting 3.71622 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 3.71622 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!

3.71622/1

  =  

3.71622 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

371622/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 371622 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 371622 are: 1  2  3  6  241  257  482  514  723  771  1446  1542  61937  123874  185811  371622 
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 371622 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 2

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.

371622/100000

  =  

371622 ÷ 2/100000 ÷ 2

  =  

185811/50000

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 3.71622 as a fraction.