What is 7.33824 as a fraction?

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 7.33824 into a fraction.

Answer: 7.33824 as a fraction equals 733824/100000 or 22932/3125

Here is the solution for converting 7.33824 to a fraction:

Step 1:

First, we write 7.33824 as  
7.33824/1

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!
7.33824/1
  =  
7.33824 x 100000/1 x 100000
  =  
733824/100000


Step 3:

Next, we find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) for 733824 and 100000. A factor is a number that divides into another number without any remainder.

The factors of 733824 are: 1  2  3  4  6  7  8  9  12  13  14  16  18  21  24  26  28  32  36  39  42  48  49  52  56  63  64  72  78  84  91  96  98  104  112  117  126  128  144  147  156  168  182  192  196  208  224  234  252  273  288  294  312  336  364  384  392  416  441  448  468  504  546  576  588  624  637  672  728  784  819  832  882  896  936  1008  1092  1152  1176  1248  1274  1344  1456  1568  1638  1664  1764  1872  1911  2016  2184  2352  2496  2548  2688  2912  3136  3276  3528  3744  3822  4032  4368  4704  4992  5096  5733  5824  6272  6552  7056  7488  7644  8064  8736  9408  10192  11466  11648  13104  14112  14976  15288  17472  18816  20384  22932  26208  28224  30576  34944  40768  45864  52416  56448  61152  81536  91728  104832  122304  183456  244608  366912  733824 
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 733824 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.
733824/100000
  =  
733824 ÷ 32/100000 ÷ 32
  =  
22932/3125


Good work! We have just walked through the steps on how to represent 7.33824 as a fraction.

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