0.1642 as a fraction in simplest form is written as 821/5000
To convert 0.1642 into a fraction, here are the steps.
Any number can be written as a fraction by using 1 as the denominator. So, we converted 0.375 into a fraction with a denominator of 1.
Then, we removed the decimal part from the numerator to make it a whole number. Since 0.375 has 4 digits after the decimal point, we need to multiply both the numerator and the denominator by 10000.
The next step is to make this fraction simpler because the biggest common factor (BCF) of 1642 and 10000 is 2. So, to simplify the fraction, we have to divide both the top and bottom numbers by 2.
That's it! The simplest form of 0.1642 as a fraction is 821/5000.
See Also: 821/5000 as a decimal