What is 7.26016 as a fraction?

Answer: 7.26016 as a fraction equals 726016/100000 or 22688/3125

Here is the solution for converting 7.26016 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 7.26016 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!

7.26016/1

  =  

7.26016 x 100000/1 x 100000

  =  

726016/100000

Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 726016 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 726016 are: 1  2  4  8  16  32  64  128  256  512  709  1024  1418  2836  5672  11344  22688  45376  90752  181504  363008  726016 
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 726016 and 100000 that gives us a GCF value of: 32

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.

726016/100000

  =  

726016 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32

  =  

22688/3125

Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 7.26016 as a fraction.