What is 0.56859 as a fraction? What is 0.56859 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.56859 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .56859 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 0.56859 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 100000 multiplied by .56859 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .56859 times 100000 and denominator is 100000 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 56859 and 100000 is 1, which means you can divide the numerator and denominator by 1 and keep the same value:
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And when calculating the numerator and denominator in our fraction above, we get .56859 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 56859 divided by 100000 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.56859. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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