Sunday 22 July 2012

Decimal to Fraction Conversion

How to convert decimal to fraction

  1. Count the number of digits (d) to the right of the decimal point of the decimal number x.Example: 2.56 has 2 digits to the right of the decimal point, so d=2.
  2. Calculate the factor (f) for making the decimal number an integer:
    f = 10d
    Example:
    f = 102 = 100
  3. Multiply and divide the decimal number x by the factor f:
    x × f / f  =  y / f
    Example:
    2.56 × 100 / 100 = 256 / 100
  4. Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the fraction. Example:
    gcd(256,100) = 4
  5. Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by the gcd value:Example:
    256 / 100 = (256/4) / (100/4) = 64/25

Decimal to fraction conversion table

Decimal Fraction
0.01000000 1/100
0.10000000 1/10
0.11111111 1/9
0.12500000 1/8
0.14285714 1/7
0.16666667 1/6
0.20000000 1/5
0.22222222 2/9
0.25000000 1/4
0.28571429 2/7
0.30000000 3/10
0.33333333 1/3
0.37500000 3/8
0.40000000 2/5
0.42857143 3/7
0.44444444 4/9
0.50000000 1/2
0.55555555 5/9
0.57142858 4/7
0.62500000 5/8
0.66666667 2/3
0.60000000 3/5
0.70000000 7/10
0.71428571 5/7
0.75000000 3/4
0.77777778 7/9
0.80000000 4/5
0.83333333 5/6
0.85714286 6/7
0.87500000 7/8
0.88888889 8/9
0.90000000 9/10

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