Question: What is -42.371588065794 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting -42.371588065794 to a fraction is to re-write -42.371588065794 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, -42.371588065794 can be written as simply -42.371588065794/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in -42.371588065794, which in this case is 12. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -42.371588065794/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -42.371588065794/1 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 -42.371588065794 as a fraction: