Step 1:
The first step to converting 100596 to a fraction is to re-write 100596 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 100596 can be written as simply 100596/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 100596, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 100596/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 100596/1 each by 1:
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 100596 as a fraction:
100596/1 / 1