Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways including percentages, decimals, and fractions. The ability to convert any number from one format to another is an important math skill to have. These skills are typically thought in fifth grade math and require an understanding of place values and Greatest Common Factor (GCF).
In this article, we teach those skills step by step while demonstrating how to convert decimal 4.39375 into a fraction.
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!
Step 3: Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 439375 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.
The factors of 439375 are: 1 5 19 25 37 95 125 185 475 625 703 925 2375 3515 4625 11875 17575 23125 87875 439375 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 100000Step 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.
Practise makes perfect! Gain experience converting decimals to fractions with these examples:
