42.21 as a Fraction

42.21 = ?
What is 42.21 as a fraction?

42.21 = 4221/100.
42.21 as a fraction is 4221/100.

This decimal to fraction conversion provides the detailed information on what is 42.21 as a fraction in simplest form and how it can be calculated.

Calculation: 42.21 in Fraction
42.21 = (?)
= (42.21/1) x (100/100)
= 4221/100
42.21 = 4221/100
42.21 in fraction is 4221/100

Step by step work for decimal 42.21 as a simplified fraction to understand the calculation.

step 1 Input values:
The decimal number = 42.21

What to be found:
What is 42.21 as a fraction in simplest form?

step 2 Write 42.21 as a simple fraction.
42.21/1

step 3 Find how many 10s should be multiplied with both numerator and denominator.
Since the decimal 42.21 has 2 digits after the decimal point, multiply 100 with both numerator and denominator of 42.21/1 to make numerator as a whole number.
(42.21 x 100)/(1 x 100) = 4221/100

step 4 The fraction 4221/100 can't be simplified further, because the multiplication factors of numerator 4221 and denominator 100 of the given fraction are not cancelling each other.

Hence,
42.21 as a fraction is 4221/100.