Convert the decimal number 0.142857147. 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 0.142857147
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
0.142857147 =
0.142857147 × 100/100 =
(0.142857147 × 100)/100 =
14.2857147/100 =
14.2857147% ≈
14.29%
(rounded off to a maximum of 2 decimal places)
In other words:
Multiply the number by 100...
... And then add the percent sign, %
0.142857147 ≈ 14.29%
2. Write the number as a proper fraction.
0.142857147 can be written as a proper fraction.
The numerator is smaller than the denominator.
Write down the number divided by 1, as a fraction:
0.142857147 = 0.142857147/1
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.
1 followed by as many 0-s as the number of digits after the decimal point.
0.142857147/1 =
(0.142857147 × 1,000,000,000)/(1 × 1,000,000,000) =
142,857,147/1,000,000,000
3. Reduce (simplify) the fraction above: 142,857,147/1,000,000,000
(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):
142,857,147 = 3 × 47,619,049
1,000,000,000 = 29 × 59
Calculate the greatest (highest) common factor (divisor), GCF.
Multiply all the common prime factors by the lowest exponents.
But, the numerator and the denominator have no common factors.
GCF (3 × 47,619,049; 29 × 59) = 1
The numerator and the denominator are coprime numbers (no common prime factors, GCF = 1). So, the fraction cannot be reduced (simplified): irreducible fraction.
142,857,147/1,000,000,000: 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 3:
142,857,147/1,000,000,000 = (142,857,147 × 3)/(1,000,000,000 × 3) = 428,571,441/3,000,000,000
Example 2. By expanding the fraction by 5:
142,857,147/1,000,000,000 = (142,857,147 × 5)/(1,000,000,000 × 5) = 714,285,735/5,000,000,000
Of course, the above fractions are reducing...
... to the initial fraction: 142,857,147/1,000,000,000
:: Final answer ::
Written in 3 different ways
As a reduced (simplified) positive proper fraction:
0.142857147 = 142,857,147/1,000,000,000
As a percentage:
0.142857147 ≈ 14.29%
As equivalent fractions:
0.142857147 = 142,857,147/1,000,000,000 = 428,571,441/3,000,000,000 = 714,285,735/5,000,000,000
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