Question: What is -59.225338250928 as a fraction?

Step 1:

The first step to converting -59.225338250928 to a fraction is to re-write -59.225338250928 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, -59.225338250928 can be written as simply -59.225338250928/1 to technically be written as a fraction.

Step 2:

Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in -59.225338250928, which in this case is 12. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -59.225338250928/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of -59.225338250928/1 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 -59.225338250928 as a fraction: