Step 1:
The first step to converting 1046 to a fraction is to re-write 1046 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1046 can be written as simply 1046/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1046, which in this case is 0. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1046/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1046/1 each by 1:
1046/10
/
1/10
=
1046
/
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 1046 as a fraction:
1046/1 / 1