Question: What is -35.595931679523 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting -35.595931679523 to a fraction is to re-write -35.595931679523 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, -35.595931679523 can be written as simply -35.595931679523/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in -35.595931679523, which in this case is 12. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -35.595931679523/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -35.595931679523/1 each by 1000000000000:

Step 3:

Now the last step is to simplify the fraction (if possible) by finding similar factors and cancelling them out, which leads to the following answer for -35.595931679523 as a fraction: