Decimal to Fraction Converter

* You can enter decimals with e notation. e.g: 572 = 5.72e2.

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How to convert decimal to fraction

Conversion stages

  1. Write the decimal fraction as a fraction of the digits to the right of the decimal period (numerator) and a power of 10 (denominator).
  2. Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the numerator and the denominator.
  3. Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator with the gcd.

Example #1

Convert 0.32 to fraction:

0.32 =
32100

Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the numerator and the denominator:

gcd(32,100) = 4

Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator with the gcd:

0.32 =
324
÷
1004
=
825

Example #2

Convert 2.56 to fraction:

2.56 = 2
56100

Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the numerator and the denominator:

gcd(56,100) = 4

Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator with the gcd:

2
56100
= 2 +
564
÷
1004
= 2
1425

Example #3

Convert 0.124 to fraction:

0.124 =
1241000

Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the numerator and the denominator:

gcd(124,1000) = 4

Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and the denominator with the gcd:

0.124 =
1244
÷
10004
=
31250

How to convert repeating decimal to fraction

Example #1

Convert 0.333333... to fraction:

x = 0.333333...

10x = 3.333333...

10x - x = 9x = 3

x =
39
=
13

Example #2

Convert 0.0565656... to fraction:

x = 0.0565656...

100x = 5.6565656...

100x - x = 99x = 5.6

990x = 56

x =
56990
=
28495

Decimal to fraction conversion table

Decimal Fraction
0.00001 1/100000
0.0001 1/10000
0.001 1/1000
0.01 1/100
0.08333333 1/12
0.09090909 1/11
0.1 1/10
0.11111111 1/9
0.125 1/8
0.14285714 1/7
0.16666667 1/6
0.2 1/5
0.22222222 2/9
0.25 1/4
0.28571429 2/7
0.3 3/10
0.33333333 1/3
0.375 3/8
0.4 2/5
0.42857143 3/7
0.44444444 4/9
0.5 1/2
0.55555555 5/9
0.57142858 4/7
0.6 3/5
0.625 5/8
0.66666667 2/3
0.7 7/10
0.71428571 5/7
0.75 3/4
0.77777778 7/9
0.8 4/5
0.83333333 5/6
0.85714286 6/7
0.875 7/8
0.88888889 8/9
0.9 9/10
1.1 11/10
1.2 6/5
1.25 5/4
1.3 13/10
1.4 7/5
1.5 3/2
1.6 8/5
1.7 17/10
1.75 7/4
1.8 9/5
1.9 19/10
2.5 5/2

 

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