Convert the decimal number 0.102371492236. Turn it into a reduced (simplified) proper fraction and write it as a percentage. Calculate other equivalent fractions to the decimal number, by expanding
Convert 0.102371492236
1. Write the number as a percentage.
Multiply the number by 100/100
Note: 100/100 = 1
The value of the number does not change when multiplying by 100/100
0.102371492236 =
0.102371492236 × 100/100 =
(0.102371492236 × 100)/100 =
10.2371492236/100 =
10.2371492236% ≈
10.24%
(rounded off to a maximum of 2 decimal places)
In other words:
Multiply the number by 100...
... And then add the percent sign, %
0.102371492236 ≈ 10.24%
2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
0.102371492236 can be written as a proper fraction.
The numerator is smaller than the denominator.
Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:
0.102371492236 = 0.102371492236/1
Turn the top number into a whole number.
Multiply both the top and the bottom by the same number.
This number is: 1,000,000,000,000.
1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.102371492236/1 =
(0.102371492236 × 1,000,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000,000) =
102,371,492,236/1,000,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above: 102,371,492,236/1,000,000,000,000
(to the lowest terms, to its simplest equivalent form, irreducible).
To reduce a fraction divide the numerator and the denominator by their greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Factor both the numerator and the denominator (prime factorization).
In exponential notation (an):
102,371,492,236 = 22 × 13 × 229 × 1,249 × 6,883
1,000,000,000,000 = 212 × 512
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
GCF (22 × 13 × 229 × 1,249 × 6,883; 212 × 512) = 22
Divide both the numerator and the denominator by their greatest common factor, GCF.
102,371,492,236/1,000,000,000,000 =
(22 × 13 × 229 × 1,249 × 6,883)/(212 × 512) =
((22 × 13 × 229 × 1,249 × 6,883) ÷ 22) / ((212 × 512) ÷ 22) =
(13 × 229 × 1,249 × 6,883)/(210 × 512) =
25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000
25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000: Equivalent fractions.
The above fraction cannot be reduced.
That is, it has the smallest possible numerator and denominator.
By expanding it we can build up equivalent fractions.
Multiply the numerator & the denominator by the same number.
Example 1. By expanding the fraction by 2:
25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000 = (25,592,873,059 × 2)/(250,000,000,000 × 2) = 51,185,746,118/500,000,000,000
Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 3:
25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000 = (25,592,873,059 × 3)/(250,000,000,000 × 3) = 76,778,619,177/750,000,000,000
Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
... to the initial fraction: 25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000
:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways
As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.102371492236 = 25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000
As a percentage:
0.102371492236 ≈ 10.24%
As equivalent fractions:
0.102371492236 = 25,592,873,059/250,000,000,000 = 51,185,746,118/500,000,000,000 = 76,778,619,177/750,000,000,000
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