What is 0.5072 as a fraction? What is 0.5072 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.5072 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .5072 to a fraction with a numerator (N) and denominator (D). In other words, you want to solve this equation:
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Here we will not only clearly explain how to get the answer to 0.5072 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 10000 multiplied by .5072 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .5072 times 10000 and denominator is 10000 like this:
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Next, multiply the numbers in the numerator together and keep the denominator as is. Now our fraction looks like this:
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The greatest common factor of 5072 and 10000 is 16, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 16 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .5072 as a fraction in the simplest form possible:
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A numerator over a denominator in a fraction is the same as numerator divided by denominator. If you enter 317 divided by 625 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.5072. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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