Question

Express $48.0986$ into fraction in their lowest terms.

Answer 1

Step 1. Write down $48.0986$ as divided by $1$, i.e. $\frac{48.0986}{1}$

Step 2. Multiply both numerator and denominator by $10000$ ( as there are $4$ digit after the decimal point.)

$\Rightarrow \frac{48.0986\times 10000}{1\times 10000}=\frac{480986}{10000}$

Step 3. Simplify the fraction.

$\frac{480986÷2}{10000÷2}=\frac{240493}{5000}$

Hence, $\frac{240493}{5000}$ is the fraction of decimal $48.0986$ .