What is 0.85714 as a fraction? What is 0.85714 as a fraction in lowest term? What does it mean to convert 0.85714 to a fraction? It means that you want to convert the decimal number .85714 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 0.85714 as a fraction, but also prove to you that our answer is correct.
First, note that 100000 multiplied by .85714 will get rid of the decimal point. Therefore, make a fraction where the numerator is .85714 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 85714 and 100000 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 .85714 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 42857 divided by 50000 on your calculator, you will see that the answer is 0.85714. Therefore, we know that the answer above is correct.
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