Step 1:
The first step to converting 1055.31495 to a fraction is to re-write 1055.31495 in the form p/q where p and q are both positive integers. To start with, 1055.31495 can be written as simply 1055.31495/1 to technically be written as a fraction.
Step 2:
Next, we will count the number of fractional digits after the decimal point in 1055.31495, which in this case is 5. For however many digits after the decimal point there are, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1055.31495/1 each by 10 to the power of that many digits. So, in this case, we will multiply the numerator and denominator of 1055.31495/1 each by 100000:
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 1055.31495 as a fraction:
20051/19 / 1