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How to Convert 70.728 to Decimal?
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70.728 has 3 decimal places, so we put the decimal digits of 70.728, 728, over 1 followed by the number of zeroes equal to the number of decimal places, 3: 728 = 728/1000. We add 70 as 70000/1000 and get:
70728 is the nominator and 1000 is the denominator.
We now check if our result is already in the lowest terms by finding the greatest common factor of 70728 and 1000, know as gcf of 70728 and 1000.
The gcf(70728,1000) is 8, so we can conclude that 70728/1000 is not yet in simplest form.
To obtain 70.728 as a fraction in simplest form we have to divide both, the nominator as well as denominator, by the gcf(70728,1000):
70728/1000 =
We write it as 8841/125.
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What is 70.728 as a Fraction?
We have already answered the question for the case decimal fraction in simplest form.
Yet, by multiplying the denominator and the nominator of our result in simplest form with all integers distinct from zero and one we can generate an infinite amount of fractions equivalent to 8841/125, but not in lowest terms:
8841/125 =
For example, with n = 2 we obtain 17682/250 and with n = -3 we get 26523/375:
17682/250 = 26523/375 = 8841/125.
We can thus conclude that the question under consideration does not have a single answer, but an indefinite amount of possibilities.
70.728 Repeating as a Fraction
To find out what is 70.728… as a fraction, identify the repeating sequence or pattern, known as reptend or repetend of 70.728 recurring.
The infinitely-repeated digit sequence of 70.728… can be indicated by three periods.
For example, 70.72888… as a fraction (repeating 8, the last digit) = 70 164/225.
Alternatively, a vinculum, that is a horizontal line, can be drawn above the repetend of the fraction of 70.728. In addition, one can sometimes see the period enclosed in parentheses ().
Here, we use the overlined notation to denote 70.728 repeating as a fraction:
70.728 = 70 164/225
70.728 = 70 721/990
70.728 = 70 728/999
These results for 70.728 repeating as a fraction are approximations and limited to three digits fractions.
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This brings us the end of our article.
Summary
We are left with classifying 70.728 as rational number because in can be written as 70728/1000; 70728 and 1000 are integers.
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