What is 0.5242 as a fraction? What is 0.5242 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.5242 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .5242 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 0.5242 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 10000 multiplied by .5242 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .5242 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 5242 and 10000 is 2, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 2 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .5242 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 2621 divided by 5000 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.5242. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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