Decimal to Fraction Calculator
How To Use the Decimal to Fraction Calculator
Enter in the decimal number to see what the fraction value is.
How to Convert Decimals to Fractions?
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Convert the decimal value to a fraction (count how many decimal values there are and add that many zeros to the denominator after 1).
$$ 1.345 = {1.345 \over 1}$$
$$ {1.345 \over 1} \times {1000 \over 1000} = {1345 \over 1000} $$
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Find the greatest common divisor (gcd) of the numerator and denominator.
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Reduce the fraction by dividing the numerator and denominator by the gcd.
Decimal to Fraction Conversion Examples
Suppose we want to convert 0.84 to a fraction.
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We can rewrite this as 84 / 100 since there are 2 values after the decimal place.
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The greatest common divisor is 4.
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84 / 4 = 21 100 / 4 = 25
Our final answer is 21/25.