The fraction of 3.88888 will be [tex]3\frac{11111}{12500}[/tex]
Fraction
- A fraction represents a part of a whole or, more generally, any number of equal parts.
- In arithmetic, a number expressed as a quotient, in which a numerator is divided by a denominator
How to solve this problem?
The steps are as follow:
- Step 1: Make a fraction with the decimal number as the numerator (top number) and a 1 as the denominator (bottom number).
- Step 2: Remove the decimal places by multiplication. First, count how many places are to the right of the decimal. Next, given that you have x decimal places, multiply numerator and denominator by 10x.
- Step 3: Reduce the fraction. Find the Greatest Common Factor (GCF) of the numerator and denominator and divide both numerator and denominator by the GCF
- Step 4: Simplify the remaining fraction to a mixed number fraction if possible.
- So the 3.88888 can be written as in fraction as following:
[tex]3.88888= \frac{3.88888}{1}\\ \frac{3.88888}{1} * \frac{100000}{100000} \\ \frac{388888/8}{100000/8} = \frac{48611}{12500}\\ 3\frac{11111}{12500} \\\\3.88888=3\frac{11111}{12500}[/tex]
So the fraction of 3.88888 will be [tex]3\frac{11111}{12500}[/tex]
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